M&S, Co-op cyberattackers duped IT help desks into resetting passwords, says report

How to protect yourself from the M&S, Harrods, and Co-op cyberattacks

With a wave of cyberattacks hitting UK retailers, you may be concerned about the safety and security of your data. Here we'll share some tools that can be effective in bolstering your data breach defences.

'Amazing staff' rise to challenge of lack of fresh fruit or bread supplies in island Co-op - as retailer hit by cyber attack

A cyber attack on the Co-op has left some rural and island communities in Scotland struggling to access essential groceries.

M&S, Co-op cyberattackers duped IT help desks into resetting passwords, says report

Cyberattacks on Britain's Marks & Spencer and Co-op Group started with hackers impersonating employees while contacting the retailers' IT help desks, technology specialist site BleepingComputer reported.

Scattered Spider: who are the hackers linked to M&S and Co-op cyberattacks?

As Marks & Spencer continues to deal with the fallout of a massive cyberattack, shoppers have been warned it could take months before normal services resume.Following a spate of dramatic hacks on retailers – in which the Co-op and Harrods were also targeted – Scattered Spider, the group believed to be responsible, is "the name on every security practitioner's mind right now", said ITPro. Who are they? "Scattered Spider is one of the most dangero…

Co-op and M&S cyberattackers tricked IT workers into resetting passwords

IT help desk workers at the Co-op and Marks & Spencer were tricked into giving hackers access to their companies' systems to allow them to carry out the recent cyberattacks, experts have said.

M&S hackers tricked IT help desk workers to access company systems, says report

The cyberattack by hackers from the Scattered Spider network saw M&S lose millions of pounds