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Cyberattack affected 80 stores of French supermarket chain Co-Operative U

Channel News Asia Tuesday 13 October 2026, 06:07 UTC 1 min read
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Cyberattack affected 80 stores of French supermarket chain Co-Operative U PARIS, Oct 13 : French supermarket chain Co-Operative U had 80 of its stores - out of an overall group total of 2,000 - affected by this week's cyberattack, said company head Dominique Schelcher on Tuesday. "It affected a minority of our stores," he told RTL radio. He said he could not precisely quantify the financial impact, but added that in a smaller store it would be several tens of thousands of euros, while in a...

Cyberattack affected 80 stores of French supermarket chain Co-Operative U PARIS, Oct 13 : French supermarket chain Co-Operative U had 80 of its stores - out of an overall group total of 2,000 - affected by this week's cyberattack, said company head Dominique Schelcher on Tuesday. "It affected a minority of our stores," he told RTL radio. He said he could not precisely quantify the financial impact, but added that in a smaller store it would be several tens of thousands of euros, while in a bigger hypermarket the impact could be up to €200,000 ($223,480). ($1 = 0.8949 euros)
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