M&S cyber attack deepens as tech partner TCS denies blame


Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the tech firm at the centre of speculation around the M&S cyber attack, has claimed that none of its systems or users were compromised in the incident.

The statement, delivered at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, is the first public comment from the group since M&S was hit by a major cyber attack over the Easter bank holiday weekend. “As no TCS systems or users were compromised, none of our other customers are impacted,” independent director Keki Mistry said, according to Reuters.

Read more…
Source: Retail Gazette


Sign up for our Newsletter
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox.


Related:

  • UK: Man jailed for abusive emails to politicians

    February 18, 2025

    A 39-year-old man has been jailed for sending malicious communications to a government minister, the mayor of London and a senior Met Police officer. Jack Bennett, of Newlands Park, Seaton, Devon, pleaded guilty to four counts of sending malicious emails; one to Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips, one to Metropolitan police officer Matt Twist, and two counts ...

  • Northern Ireland: Two people charged over alleged New IRA activity after PSNI data breach

    February 13, 2025

    Two men have appeared in court charged with terrorism offences linked to a major PSNI data breach. Brian Francis Cavlan, 49, from Coronation Park, Aughnacloy and Rory Martin Logan, 43, with an address given as HMP Maghaberry, appeared before court on Thursday. They were arrested on Tuesday as part of an ongoing police investigation into the ...

  • Gambling firms are secretly sharing your data with Facebook

    February 12, 2025

    While you might think you’re hitting the jackpot, whether you’ve consented to it or not, online gambling sites are playing with your data. Users’ data, including details of webpages they visited and buttons they clicked, are being shared with Meta, Facebook’s parent company. The Observer reports that over 150 UK gambling websites have been extracting visitor ...

  • Paris AI summit: Why won’t US, UK sign global artificial intelligence pact?

    February 12, 2025

    The United States and United Kingdom have refused to sign an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit declaration calling for policies “ensuring AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy”. The summit in Paris on Monday and Tuesday brought together representatives from more than 100 countries to discuss how to reach a consensus on guiding the ...

  • US, UK crack down on Russian bulletproof hosting service ZServers for LockBit partnership

    February 12, 2025

    Russia-based bulletproof hosting services provider (BPH) ZServers has been sanctioned by the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom for its alleged involvement with the LockBit ransomware group. In a press release, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said ZServers was providing services to threat actors responsible for the Medibank Private breach that happened in October 2022. ...

  • U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts

    February 7, 2025

    Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not ...