Co-op cardlocks back up and running after cybersecurity incident

Co-op has some good news for its members.

All 398 Co-op cardlock locations across Western Canada are back online.

The announcement from Federated Co-operatives Ltd. comes after a cybersecurity attack last week caused outages at Co-op cardlock stations.

In a previous email to 980 CJME, the company said the incident affected internal and customer-facing systems at local retail Co-ops, as well as at cardlock fuel locations.

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That left some shelves nearly empty in Co-op grocery stores across the province. On Tuesday afternoon, shelves were largely bare at the Co-op food store in Warman.

The incident also took a toll on some local vendors, who put their orders on hold.

“Our team has been working around the clock to recover our cardlock network, and we want to thank Co-op cardlock customers for their patience and understanding throughout this process,” the company said in a statement shared to social media.

The company said more updates will follow as it continues to deal with the fallout from the cybersecurity incident.