13 h. ago M&S: Marks and Spencer Scattered Spider online cyber attack explained

Retailers are scrambling to recover after a wave of cyberattacks left shoppers in limbo 🛑

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14 h. ago The teens holding Britain's top retailers to ransom: Fears Scattered Spider gang 'behind M&S cyber attack' are linked to Co

Scattered Spider is thought to be made up of 1,000 mainly British and American youths and young men.

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37 h. ago Fans distraught over 'shortage' of one of UK's most beloved sweets after Marks & Spencer cyber attack

The cyber attacks, which have been linked to notorious teenage hacking gang Scattered Spider, has left Marks & Spencer reeling.

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42 h. ago How ‘native English’ Scattered Spider group linked to M&S attack operate

Cybersecurity expert says group are ‘unusual but potently threatening’ coalition of ransomware hackersIf there is one noticeable difference between some members of the Scattered Spider hacking community and their ransomware peers, it will be the accent.Scattered Spider has been linked to a cyber-attack on UK retailer Marks & Spencer. But unlike other ransomware assailants, its constituents appear to be native English speakers and are not from Russia or former Soviet states. Continue reading...

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59 h. 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 d. ago Notorious hackers are 'behind M&S cyber raid': Retail giant calls in Scotland Yard as finger is pointed at gang that blackmails firms for millions

A shadowy group operating under the name Scattered Spider was yesterday said to be behind the attack, which has crippled the retailer for more than a week.

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3 d. 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.

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7 d. ago Scottish man accused of being ‘Scattered Spider’ member extradited to US from Spain

Scattered Spider drew notoriety in September 2023 when members broke into and locked up the networks of casino operators Caesars Entertainment

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2 w. ago British food and drink industry call on EU to ‘reset’ trade ties

Retailers and food producers offer to help efforts reduce ‘unnecessary red tape’ costing industry billions of poundsMore than a dozen of Britain’s biggest retailers and food producers, including Marks & Spencer, J Sainsbury and Asda, have called on the EU to reduce checks on food and drink crossing the Channel and Irish Sea, which they say are costing billions of pounds.Ahead of a summit on 19 May that is hoped to “reset” trade ties five years on from Brexit, they are urging politicians to hammer out a deal on sanitary and phytosanitary checks. They hope this would include a veterinary agreement and would harmonise food safety rules or recognise them as equivalent. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The rise of the digital fishmonger: how Covid helped customers buy fresh from the boat

Britain’s traditional retailers were in decline for years. Then the pandemic changed how we buy food and boosted the fishing industryThe seafood chef and restaurateur Mitch Tonks recalls the moment things for him changed dramatically. It was March 2020, the start of Covid, when a local fishing boat skipper called him in a panic. “Nick was having a tough time; nobody was buying his catch, so I emailed our customer network,” he says.Tonks asked people to bring cash and containers. The next morning, Nick landed his boat at Brixham, the south Devon port that is England’s largest fish market by value of catch sold. “About 150 people turned up to buy his fish. Many asked ‘why can’t we just buy fish straight off boats like this normally?’” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Torrie Lewis and Rohan Browning edge out rising stars in dramatic 100m finals

Lewis holds off teenager Leah O’Brien in photo-finishBrowning pips Lachie Kennedy in men’s national finalRohan Browning and Torrie Lewis upstaged the flashy upstarts of Australian sprinting, claiming their respective 100m national titles in two split-second victories in Perth on Saturday.The women’s final was decided by a three-way photo finish between Lewis, Bree Rizzo and Leah O’Brien. The national record-holder stopped the clock at 11.24s, edging 17-year-old O’Brien by just four thousandths of a second, with Rizzo one hundredth of a second back. Continue reading...

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last month Florida woman allegedly holds teenagers at gunpoint for fishing in her backyard, threatens to ‘blow their heads off’

Donna Elkins, 59, was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault and false imprisonment after the incident

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