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Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 10 – Four suspects, including three teenagers, were arrested for cyberattacks seeking ransom payments that disrupted British retailers and caused M&S losses of around £10 million weekly.
- Early Thursday, the UK's National Crime Agency took into custody four individuals suspected of carrying out cyberattacks targeting prominent British retailers, including a department store, a supermarket chain, and a luxury goods seller.
- The arrests followed cyberattacks in April that caused data theft, disruption, and forced M&S to suspend online orders and reset customer passwords.
- The suspects, aged 17 to 20 and from London, West Midlands, and Staffordshire, face charges including Computer Misuse Act violations, blackmail, money laundering, and organized crime participation.
- Paul Foster, the NCA Deputy Director, emphasized that the recent arrests mark important progress in the ongoing investigation, noting that cybercrime specialists are continuing their efforts in collaboration with partners across the UK and internationally.
- The arrests mark progress in the investigation, which emphasizes the importance of victim support and law enforcement engagement to address cybercrime impacts on UK retailers.
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ThePatriotLight - British police on Thursday arrested three teenagers and a 20-year-old woman suspected of involvement in crippling cyberattacks earlier this year against the retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods. The National Crime Agency has for months been probing the cyberattacks against the three retailers, which saw hackers demand ransom payments after breaking into their IT systems. NCA officers detained the four on suspicion o…
Four young British people have been arrested for a cyberattack on several well-known British retail chains, British authorities announced. The suspects are a woman and three men, aged between 17 and 20. They are suspected of blackmail and participating in organized crime, among other things. The suspects were arrested at their homes in London and the English Midlands. Their computers and phones have been seized, and they are being questioned by …
UK arrests four for cyberattacks on major British retailers
Three teenagers and a 20-year-old woman were arrested Thursday by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency for their alleged role in cyberattacks on major retailers Marks & Spencer (M&S), Co-op, and Harrods. The arrests, comprising British and Latvian nationals, followed sustained investigations into attacks that crippled the retailers’ operations. The NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit detained all four at their homes and seized their electronic devices. …
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