US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain’s Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and HarrodsUK-based members of the Scattered Spider hacking community are actively “facilitating” cyber-attacks, according to Google, as disruption to British retailers spreads to the US.A group of hackers labelled “Scattered Spider” have been linked with attacks on UK retailers <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/13/m-and-s-personal-data-cyber-attack-marks-spencer-card-passwords”>Marks & Spencer, <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/14/co-op-cyber-attack-stock-availability-in-stores-will-not-improve-until-weekend”>the Co-op and <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/01/harrods-latest-retailer-hit-cyber-attack-website-shops”>Harrods, with Google cybersecurity experts warning this week that unnamed retailers across the Atlantic are being targeted as well. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/16/scattered-spider-hackers-uk-cyber-attacks-google-us-retailers”>Continue reading…
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