Retail giant Woolworths Group says it knew when it bought MyDeal.com in May that the bargain website needed investment in a number of areas including cybersecurity.
The nation’s largest grocery chain on Friday emailed the affected 2.2 million customers of its MyDeal online marketplace, which sells a range of items from electronics to baby goods, after their data was accessed by an unauthorised user using “compromised” credentials.
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Carrie LaFrenz is a senior journalist covering retail/consumer goods. She previously covered healthcare/biotech. Carrie has won multiple awards for her journalism including financial journalist of the year from The National Press Club. Connect with Carrie on Twitter. Email Carrie at carrie.lafrenz@afr.com
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