The Retail Giant of the United Kingdom Marks & Spencer has confirmed that computer pirates stole the personal information of their clients during a cyber attack last month.
In A brief statement With the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the retailer said an un specified number of customer information in data violation was taken. The BBC, which First reported the company’s presentationHe quoted Marks & Spencer LETTER ONLINE By saying that stolen data includes customer names, birth dates, home addresses and email, telephone numbers, home information and online orders stories.
The company also said that it was restoring the passwords of the online account of its customers.
Marks & Spencer continues to experience interruptions and interruptions in its stores, with some empty groceries after the Hack affected the company’s operations. The company’s online orders system also remains out of line.
It is not clear how many data from individuals were stolen during hack. When Techcrunch, Marks & Spencer spokeswoman Alicia Sanctuary, did not say how many people are affected and referred to TechCrunch to her online statement. Marks & Spencer had 9.4 million customers online As of March 30, 2024, according to its most recent annual report.
According to reports, a ransomware and extortion gang called Dragonforce attributed credit for cyber attacks in several retail giants of the United Kingdom, including Marks & Spencer, By media reports.
United Kingdom retailers Cooperative and Harrods They were also attacked by computer pirates around the same time as Marks & Spencer was pirate. The cooperative initially said there was no evidence that the data is committed, but then said that the computer pirates had stolen customer data. In an update To your websiteThe cooperative said that the names of the customers, the birth dates, the home and email addresses, and the telephone numbers were exfiltrated.
The BBC reported last week That Dragonforce said he had the private information of 20 million people who registered in the cooperative members program, including current and previous members.
The National Cyber Security Center of the United Kingdom said last week that he was “working with the victims and colleagues of the law” to understand more about hacks.