64 h. ago Marks and Spencer say cyber attack will cost them £300MILLION and disrupt customers until July as NCA investigators say they are looking at British hackers Scattered Spider

Marks and Spencer has said disruption from a major cyber attack is expected to continue through to July and reduce operating profits by around £300million before action to offset the hit.

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3 d. ago Trump the AI salesman makes deals in the Gulf – and rich men benefit

The president sold the US model of the industry that made it: enormous power concentrated in the hands of a few menHello, and welcome to TechScape. This week in tech: Donald Trump the AI salesman visits the Middle East; 23andMe gets bought, mostly for its data; and Elon Musk’s bot hallucinates an offensively incorrect historical record – twice.Legal aid hack: data from hundreds of thousands of people accessed, says MoJHow to protect your data after a cyber-attackScattered Spider hackers in UK are ‘facilitating’ cyber-attacks, says GoogleLargest US crypto exchange says cost of recent cyber-attack could reach $400m Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Hackers that hit M&S and other UK shops are now attacking US stores, Google says

‘Aggressive’ hacking group Scattered Spider was behind M&S cyber attack

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9 d. ago ‘Aggressive’ hackers of UK retailers are now targeting US stores, says Google

Alphabet warns of ‘Scattered Spider’, network of hackers reportedly behind cyberattack against UK retail giant M&SAlphabet’s Google warned on Wednesday that hackers responsible for paralyzing disruptions of UK retailers are turning their attention to similar companies in the United States.“US retailers should take note. These actors are aggressive, creative, and particularly effective at circumventing mature security programs,” John Hultquist, an analyst at Google’s cybersecurity arm, said in an email sent on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago M&S hackers tricked IT help desk workers to access company systems, says report

The cyberattack by hackers from the Scattered Spider network saw M&S lose millions of pounds

Politics

3 w. ago The British teen 'Scattered Spider' hackers 'behind M&S cyber attack' as experts tell customers to change passwords and issue warning over 'ransomware' threat to UK retailers

The shadowy collective is thought to have an army of 1,000 hackers worldwide and has been linked with major heists that have seen firms blackmailed for millions.

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3 w. ago M&S cyber attack is linked to gang of teenage hackers called 'Scattered Spider' who also targeted casino giant MGM

The retailer has been left reeling following the devastating hack which forced it to halt online sales for five days - with its share prices plummeting by more than £500m.

Events

3 w. ago ‘Source of data’: are electric cars vulnerable to cyber spies and hackers?

British defence firms have reportedly warned staff not to connect their phones to Chinese-made EVsMobile phones and desktop computers are longstanding targets for cyber spies – but how vulnerable are electric cars?On Monday the i newspaper claimed that British defence firms working for the UK government have warned staff against connecting or pairing their phones with Chinese-made electric cars, due to fears that Beijing could extract sensitive data from the devices. Continue reading...

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