The British department store Marks & Spencer has confirmed that as a result of the latest cyber attack, “some personal customers were stolen: inner information”.
In a statement, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the retail company, Stuart Machin, stated that there was no evidence that the stolen data was passed on, but asked to reset their password in the next log in to their Marks & Spencer account.
It was pointed out that there is no evidence of usable map data or payment information under the stolen data, “so that no measures have to be taken in this regard”.
Machin added: “Everyone at M&S is working around the clock to produce normality as soon as possible, and we regret all inconvenience that they have arisen. Our business remain open as before.”
Marks & Spencer confirmed that it has been dealing with a cyber attack since April 22nd and, as a result, stopped its online orders and contactless payments in the shops and relocated some processes offline until the situation was adjusted.
It is believed that the Ransomware Group Scatter Spider is behind the attack and is said to have stolen data back to February to get into the retailer systems.
The attack on Marks & Spencer was followed by similar actions at other British retailers such as Co-OP and Harrods, which confirmed both attempts to kidnap their systems.
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