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It’s now been more than a week of chaos for Marks and Spencer (M&S), one of the UK’s biggest brands, following what – it is now obvious – is a significant cyber attack.<\/b><\/p>\n

It has cost it millions of pounds in lost sales and a lower share price.<\/p>\n

M&S has not said what or who knocked out its online ordering systems, paused deliveries and\u00a0left empty shelves in stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The BBC has been told by security experts that ransomware called DragonForce was used in the attack.<\/p>\n

Ciaran Martin, the founding Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, said it had “serious” consequences for M&S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is a pretty bad episode of ransomware,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It is a highly disruptive event and a very difficult one for them to deal with.”<\/p>\n

Mr Martin, who is now a professor at Oxford University, said M&S does not have many choices, whether it chooses to talk to the gang responsible for the attack or not.<\/p>\n

“Even organisations that pay a ransom – because this is a bunch of criminals who can’t be trusted – sometimes find it doesn’t work,” he said.<\/p>\n

“In organisations that don’t pay, you have to try to restore things and activate backups, and that’s very complicated.”<\/p>\n

Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: BBC News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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