Musgrave targeted by cyber attackers

The country’s largest supermarket group has reassured customers after it was targetted in a cybercrime attack aimed at extracting credit and debit card details.

Musgrave, which operates SuperValu, Centra and Daybreak stores, was targeted in the attack on Monday afternoon.

On spotting that malicious software was targeting its central system the company took action. It said no customer details were extracted in the attack. Musgrave notified the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and the gardaí, who are both investigating.