Co-op shuts IT systems after attempted hack
The Co-op took parts of its IT estate offline after hackers got in, hitting back-office and call centre systems and leaving stores with empty shelves into mid-May.
- Service
- Co-op
- Date
- 30 April 2025
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- UK
- Source
- Grocery Gazette ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Co-op shuts IT systems after attempted hack”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 30 Apr 2025. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2025-04-30-co-op-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: Grocery Gazette, https://www.grocerygazette.co.uk/2025/05/06/co-op-shortages-cyber-attack/.
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