Federated Co-op cardlocks “fully operational” company says

A "cybersecurity incident" led to the shutdown of some cardlocks and affected inventories at some grocery stores

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Published: July 4, 2024

Photo: Federated Co-operatives Ltd./Facebook

[UPDATED] – Federated Co-op says its cardlocks are “fully operational” across Western Canada, a week after a “cybersecurity incident” led to the shutdown of some systems, a company spokesperson said today.

Last Thursday, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. posted on X that it was “experiencing a cybersecurity incident” that was affecting some internal and customer-facing systems at cardlock and retail Co-op locations. It had shut down some systems as a precaution and had brought in experts, the company added.

Gas bars were relatively unaffected.

Some Co-op grocery inventories were affected by the incident.

“We are prioritizing key grocery items and consumer goods for delivery to local Co-ops,” Federated Co-op said on X yesterday.

There is no evidence customer data has been compromised, the company said.

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Geralyn Wichers grew up on a hobby farm near Anola, Manitoba, where her family raised cattle, pigs and chickens. Geralyn graduated from Red River College’s Creative Communications program in 2019 and was previously a reporter for The Carillon in Steinbach. Geralyn is also a published author of science fiction and fantasy novels.

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