Loblaw Confirms Data Breach – Canadian Retail Giant Says ‘Basic Customer Information’ Affected

• Loblaw confirms cyberattack exposing customer contact data
• Names, phone numbers and emails stolen, but no passwords or financial information
• Stolen details could fuel phishing attacks despite being “core” data

Loblaw suffered a cyberattack in which scammers stole its customers’ basic contact information.

“Loblaw today informed its customers that it is investigating a data breach,” it said. “After identifying suspicious activity on a contained, non-critical portion of its computer network, the company determined that a third-party criminal had accessed certain basic customer information, such as names, phone numbers and email addresses.”