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Marks & Spencer chair refuses to say if retailer paid hackers after ransomware attack
The retail giant's chair confirmed the breach was caused by ransomware.
The chairman of U.K. retail giant Marks & Spencer declined to tell a panel of lawmakers whether the company paid a hacking group following a ransomware attack earlier this year. “We’ve said that we are not discussing any of the details of our interaction with the threat actor,” said chairman Archie Norman, referring to the ransom payment. In May, Marks & Spencer disclosed that hackers had stolen an unspecified amount of customer data, including names, dates of birth, home and email addresses, phone numbers, household information, and online order histories.
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