Courtesy: Town of Elk Point

By Eli J. Ridder

Co-op dealing with ‘cybersecurity incident’, South Country impacted

Jun 28, 2024 | 9:18 AM

A service disruption affecting Co-op cardlock fuel stations and retail locations across western Canada is being blamed on a cybersecurity incident.

South Country Co-op, responsible for locations in the Medicine Hat area, has been impacted.

Federated Co-operatives Limited said they do not have an estimate on when the issues will be fixed in a statement posted Thursday.

FCL said there are some internal and customer-facing systems that have bbeen impacted.

As a precaution, Co-op said it shut down some of its systems and brought in third-party experts. An investigation is underway.

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Customers can still access the Co-op app, the company said.

— with files from NortheastNow