Attack costs
“Highly sophisticated and aimed” hacker attack on the Marx & Spencer network from a few weeks ago, will cost the company 300 million pounds of losses in operational profits for the settlement period ending in March 2026. Losses are to be limited thanks to “rigorous cost policy, insurance and other commercial activities.”
Hacker attack on Marx & Spencer
The attack on Marx & Spencer began on April 25. As a result customer data leakedthe network has decided to suspend online, and in its stores you cannot pay contactlessly. The attack also affected the sale of food, the availability of which has dropped. This is the result of the hackers turned off the automatic storage systemso you had to transfer billions of kilos of food, drinks and clothes. However, the company claims that the issue of selling food can be seen. In Poland Marx & Spencer Musiał close stationary stores And only online sales, however, all deliveries have been suspended.
What was it for the attack? What about online shopping?
It is not known what exactly the attack was and what its scale was, the clients' announcement only informed about the need to change the password. There is no indication that the data obtained as a result of the attack is distributed further. Disturbances on the online network sales website are to last for several weeks and will not be restored to full functionality only in June.
Who attacked Marx & Spencer?
BBC reports that the attack has launched DragonForce hacker groupwhich also confessed to the attack on Co-OP and Harrods. The perpetrators are threatened with further attacks. Their way of acting is System lock IT company, and then demanding ransom. Marx & Spencer refused to answer the question whether it paid a request, the company only claims that hackers had access to its system only for a short moment.
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Sources: BBC, Reuters, Marx & Spencer