{
  "id": 15319737,
  "title": "More Rewards customer data accessed in cybersecurity breach, Pattison Food Group says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/more-rewards-customer-data-accessed-in-cybersecurity-breach-pattison",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-18T00:38:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12106695/more-rewards-customer-data-accessed-cybersecurity-breach-pattison/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Pattison Food Group, which operates multiple grocery store chains in British Columbia, has announced a cybersecurity breach affecting the More Rewards loyalty program. The company discovered suspicious activity on a server housing the program's database on Tuesday. They brought in a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate and confirmed on Friday that personal information of customers had been accessed. The accessed data includes customers' names, and if provided, their addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and dates of birth. However, the company reassured the public that no other sensitive information such as passwords, credit card data, or transaction history was compromised. The More Rewards accounts themselves remain secure. The exact number of customers affected has not been disclosed.",
  "summary": "The Pattison Food Group, which operates the More Rewards loyalty program through its Save-On-Foods, Buy-Low Foods, and others, detected unusual activity on one of its servers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}