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Morrisons Suffers Staff Payroll Data Theft
Supermarket chain Morrisons suffered an illegal theft of personal data from it staff including names, addresses and bank account details which were published on the Internet.
The information has since been taken off the website however a data disk was also sent to a regional newspaper with the stolen details.
In a statement Morrisons said: "Initial investigations suggest that this theft was not the result of an external penetration of our systems. We can confirm there has been no loss of customer data and no colleague will be left financially disadvantaged."
The supermarket chain said it called in police and cyber crime experts.
A criminal inquiry is being led by West Yorkshire Police.
(CVS/CD)
The information has since been taken off the website however a data disk was also sent to a regional newspaper with the stolen details.
In a statement Morrisons said: "Initial investigations suggest that this theft was not the result of an external penetration of our systems. We can confirm there has been no loss of customer data and no colleague will be left financially disadvantaged."
The supermarket chain said it called in police and cyber crime experts.
A criminal inquiry is being led by West Yorkshire Police.
(CVS/CD)
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