Co-op boss says sorry to 6.5m people who had data stolen in hack

Co-op boss says sorry to 6.5m people who had data stolen in hack

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The chief executive of Co-op has confirmed all 6.5 million of its members had their data stolen in a cyber-attack on the retailer in April. "I'm devastated that information was taken. I'm also devastated by the impact that it took on our colleagues as well as they tried to contain all of this," Shirine Khoury-Haq told BBC Breakfast in her first public interview since the hack. "There was no financial data, no transaction data but it was names and addresses and contact information that was lost," she added. Ms Khoury-Haq said she would not step down from her role, but said she was "incredibly sorry" for the attack.