The payroll details of up to 100,000 Morrisons employees have been stolen in a data breach which involved bank account details being published online and being sent to a newspaper on disk.
Morrisons says that staff will be not be "financially disadvantaged" by the data theft.

Detective Chief Inspector Nick Wallen of the West Yorkshire Police said: "We are aware of the situation and are supporting Morrisons and their investigation into these matters."

In a Facebook post, Morrisons said: “We are extremely sorry to inform you that there has been a theft of colleagues’ personal information, which was uploaded onto a website. As soon as we became aware of this last night we took immediate steps to ensure the data was removed from the website. It was closed down within hours of us being notified. This was an illegal theft of data. It can no longer be accessed on the website. We are liaising with the police and highest level of cyber crime authorities.

“The information included names, addresses and bank account details of colleagues. This affects colleagues from all levels of the organisation.

“Our immediate priority is the security of your financial information. We are currently working with Experian and the major banks to ensure that we provide full support and assistance to all affected colleagues. This will include support and advice around protection of your bank account.

“We recognise that you may have questions and we are setting up a helpline. We will update you later today. We have already set up a dedicated e-mail address for you to send any questions which is data.advice@morrisonsplc.co.uk

We are taking this extremely seriously. Dalton Philips is leading the response. We are very sorry that this has happened. We will ensure that no colleague will be left financially disadvantaged as a result of this theft.”