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Cyberattacks hit UK retailers including Harrods, M&S

A wave of cyberattacks has hit several British retailers including luxury department store Harrods and upmarket supermarket Marks & Spencer, the businesses said on Thursday. After Marks & Spencer and the Co-op food retail chain said they had been targeted, Harrods on Thursday confirmed it had "recently experienced attempts to gain unauthorised...

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Online retailers see sharp rise in retail fraud

The fashion and retail industry has seen a surge in account takeover fraud, as cases filed to the UK's National Fraud Database (NFD) jumped by 142 percent in the first half of 2024, according to data from Cifas, the UK's leading fraud prevention service. The increase poses a significant challenge for online retailers, particularly in the fashion...

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Hackers attack Spanish fashion multinational Tendam, demand 800,000 dollar ransom

A group of hackers has attacked the computer systems and databases of Spanish fashion giant Tendam, the parent company of chains such as Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Springfield and Women'secret. The cybercriminals are now demanding 800,000 dollars to prevent them from leaking or selling the more than 720 gigabytes of confidential information...

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Shoe Zone subject to cyber attack

Footwear retailer Shoe Zone has announced that it has been impacted by a cyber incident which “has resulted in unauthorised access to certain online systems and data”. In a regulatory filing, the company said that it enacted its IT security protocols upon learning of the incident, taking “immediate steps to stop the unauthorised access to its...

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JD Sports facing cyber attack, confirms customer data may have leaked

Retail giant JD Sports has confirmed it has been the target of a cyber attack which has resulted in the unauthorised access to a system containing customer data. The group noted that the information accessed related to online orders placed between November 2017 and October 2020, however added that the affected data was limited. The incident has...