Superdrug hit by high street hackers

Superdrug has become the latest high street chain to be targeted by hackers holding customer data to ransom.

According to the store, hackers contacted them on Monday evening saying they had obtained details on about 20,000 customers.

So far, Superdrug has seen 386 of the accounts compromised.

The company said customers’ names, addresses and in some cases dates of birth, phone number and points balances may have been accessed but no payment was taken.