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the Federated Co-op reported the Cyber
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attack on social media last Thursday the
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company says it shut down some of its
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systems in response and began an
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investigation now customers are noticing
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that some items are sparse on the
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shelves in sasuna Regina some food items
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were lacking in some stores but
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plentiful in others but it's more than
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just the food it's also about how the
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Cyber attack has affected customer data
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what we don't know yet is the type of
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Cyber attack typically in this situ
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ation uh it's usually
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ransomware um however most organizations
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these days what they do initially is
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they say they've experience some sort of
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Cyber attack and then they take the time
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to investigate on Saturday Coop posted
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on social media saying it had no
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evidence consumer data was compromised
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but it's unclear what kind of attack
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happened and if there's been any
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evidence found since that initial
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statement CBC requested an interview for
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an update and was told there be a
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statement posted online when it was
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available according to Novi Pro a
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company that provides IT consulting and
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services 6 and 10 Canadian companies
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have been prompted to review their data
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security after news reports of data
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breaches and 133% lack any measures to
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protect against data breaches it's a sad
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situation it's it's happening so often
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uh and it's affecting consumers it's
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businesses uh my my request
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to all is to be prudent in what they do
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Co-op says if customer data was
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compromised it would take appropriate
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action experts say even if that is the
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case people should change passwords add
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two Factor authentication to accounts
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and not panic Dane Patterson CBC News
