Detectives say English-speaking hacker community a key suspect after M&S, Co-op and Harrods targeted<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/may/21/uk-inflation-forecast-jumped-april-higher-household-bills-reeves-g7-canada-business-live”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>A hacker community known as Scattered Spider is a key suspect in a criminal inquiry into cyber-attacks against UK retailers including Marks & Spencer, detectives have said.Scattered Spider, a loose collective of native English-speaking cybercriminals, has been strongly linked with hacks against M&S, the Co-op and Harrods. M&S said on Wednesday it will take an estimated <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/21/cyber-attack-cost-marks-and-spencer-lost-sales-company-results-reveal”>£300m hit to profits after its <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/03/inside-the-marks-and-spencer-cyber-attack-chaos”>systems were hacked last month. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/scattered-spider-national-crime-agency-inquiry-cyber-attacks-uk-retailers”>Continue reading…
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