EPA Retailer Co-op is to offer its members £10 off a minimum shop of £40 following disruption caused by a recent cyber attack. The grocery chain said it had not yet completely recovered from being targeted by hackers last month, which resulted in a significant amount of customer data being stolen. Although the offer appears...
Marks and Spencer is beginning to take online orders again after it halted purchases through its website in April following a major cyber attack. The High Street chain said shoppers were now able to buy a selection of its fashion products for home delivery in England, Scotland and Wales. It said more fashion, beauty and...
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty Images Fashion brand The North Face and luxury jeweller Cartier have become the latest retailers to report having customer data stolen in cyber attacks. North Face has emailed some customers saying it discovered a “small-scale” attack in April this year. Cartier said “an unauthorized party gained temporary access to our...
Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) chief executive’s total yearly pay jumped to £7m, before a cyber attack knocked-out online orders, hit contactless payments, and disrupted stocks in stores. Stuart Machin got the bump, from the previous year’s £5m total, mainly due to share awards from reaching performance targets including profit growth. In this current year, however,...
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Adidas has disclosed it’s been hit by a cyber attack in which customers’ personal information has been stolen. The sportswear giant said criminals had obtained “certain consumer data” which “mainly consists” of the contact information of people who had been in touch with its help desk. Adidas said passwords...
Imran Rahman-Jones & Chris Vallance Technology reporters Getty Images The UK has exposed what it says is a “malicious cyber campaign” targeting multiple organisations, including those involved in delivering foreign assistance to Ukraine After a joint investigation with allies including the US, Germany and France, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said a Russian...
Getty Images Parents have been sent texts telling that them students’ passwords have been reset as a precaution Pupils in Edinburgh have been cut off from revision resources ahead of key exam dates after an attempted cyber attack on the council’s education department. Staff spotted a suspicious invitation to a meeting earlier on Friday and...
Liv McMahon & Tom Gerken Technology reporters BBC A note on one Co-op store Some Co-op stores have been left with empty shelves as the retailer continues to feel the impact of a major cyber attack. Stores are open and trading, however some are unable to accept contactless payments – with signs on doors telling...
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned criminals launching cyber attacks at British retailers are impersonating IT help desk calls to break into organisations. Hackers have targeted Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods in the last two weeks, and on Friday the anonymous group told...
One of Marks & Spencer’s biggest suppliers has resorted to using pen and paper for orders as the disruption from the cyber attack on the retailer continues. The boss of Greencore, which supplies sandwiches, rolls and wraps, says it has also ramped up deliveries by a fifth to make sure there is more than enough...
The boss of Marks & Spencer has told customers the retailer is “working day and night” to manage the cyber attack that has forced it to temporarily shut down its online operations. Stuart Machin said he was “really sorry” for the disruption to services, but did not say when normal business would resume. M&S’s problems...
The luxury department store Harrods says it is the latest retailer to have been targeted by a cyber attack. The firm said it had restricted access to its websites following an attempt to gain access to its systems. It comes the day after the Co-op shut down parts of its IT systems to fend off...
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images As Marks & Spencer (M&S) – and its customers – continue to reel from a major cyber attack, other people who have gone through similar experiences have been sharing what it is like to be targeted by hackers. “It was an absolute nightmare,” says Sir Dan Moynihan. He is...
The Co-op has shut down parts of its IT systems in response to hackers attempting to gain access to them. It said the “proactive measures” it had taken to fend off the attack had had a “small impact” on its call centre and back office. Meanwhile, The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it’s looking into the...
It’s now been more than a week of chaos for Marks and Spencer (M&S), one of the UK’s biggest brands, following what – it is now obvious – is a significant cyber attack. It has cost it millions of pounds in lost sales and a lower share price. M&S has not said what or who...