Federated Co-op investigating whether data was compromised in cyberattack

Nearly two weeks after it reported it was the victim of a cyberattack, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) says it’s investigating whether the company's IT data has been compromised.

“We are aware of statements made online that data was allegedly copied from the FCL IT environment and will allegedly be released,” the co-operative shared in a statement posted to social media Tuesday (July 9).

The company said it’s possible the alleged leak is related to the cybersecurity incident—which FCL first reported on June 28—but that an investigation is still underway with third-party experts.

“It’s important to note that while this incident has been contained, upon first discovering that we had experienced a cybersecurity incident, we temporarily took a number of systems offline as a precaution,” the statement reads.

FCL said it’s working to bring all systems back online.

Last week, the co-operative reported that all 398 Co-op cardlock locations were back up and running and it was prioritizing key grocery items and consumer goods for delivery to local stores.