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		</div><p>Nearly 20,000 Tesco Bank customers have had money stolen from their accounts as a result of a weekend hack attack, the group&#8217;s chief executive has said.</p>
<p>The British bank confirmed that of its 136,000 current account holders, 40,000 had seen suspicious transactions over the weekend, while money had been fraudulently withdrawn from around 20,000 accounts.</p>
<p>A spokesman would not disclose the total amount that has been stolen from the accounts, adding that the incident is currently being treated as a <i>&#8220;criminal investigation&#8221;.</i></p>
<p><i>&#8220;Tesco Bank can confirm that, over the weekend, some of its customer current accounts have been subject to online criminal activity, in some cases resulting in money being withdrawn fraudulently,&#8221;</i> chief executive Benny Higgins said in a statement.</p>
<p>The bank has temporarily frozen online transactions as part of emergency security measures, and was earlier forced to block some customers&#8217; cards after <i>&#8220;suspicious activity&#8221;</i> was detected in its fraud prevention system.</p>
<p>Mr Higgins issued an apology to customers and said the bank would refund accounts as soon as possible.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;We apologise for the worry and inconvenience that this has caused for customers, and can only stress that we are taking every step to protect our customers&#8217; accounts.</p>
<p>&#8220;We can reassure customers that any financial loss as a result of this activity will be resolved fully by Tesco Bank, and we are working to refund accounts that have been subject to fraud as soon as possible,&#8221;</i> he said.</p>
<p>The news sent Tesco shares lower by 1.2% in early trading.</p>
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