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UK’s M&S Tells Warehouse Agency Staff to Stay Home as Cyber Incident Continues

British retailer Marks & Spencer told agency staff at its central England distribution center to stay at home on Monday, after it stopped taking online orders following a cyber incident last week. Shares in the company, one of the best …

Britain’s M&S Stops Taking Online Orders After Cyber Attack

Marks & Spencer stopped taking online orders in the UK and Ireland on Friday following a cyber attack which it reported earlier in the week, an announcement which sent its shares down by 5%. The British company, which sells its …

The Race to Fix Aging Computer Systems Heats Up With AI’s Help

Kresimir Mudrovcic and his team of programmers spend months on end trawling through computer code that can be three times as old as the crew’s youngest members. Mudrovcic specializes in mainframe technology, involving computers tracing their roots to the dawn …

British Food and Clothing Group M&S Discloses Cyber Incident

Britain’s Marks & Spencer said on Tuesday it has been managing a cyber incident over the past few days, and had made some temporary changes to its store operations. The more than 140-year-old clothing and food company said it is …

Crime Syndicates in Southeast Asia Go Global, Defying Crackdowns

Cyber crime syndicates that run multi-billion-dollar scam operations across Southeast Asia are still expanding despite recent law enforcement crackdowns, building links from Ireland to Mexico and reaching a potentially irreversible global spillover, the United Nations warned. The transnational criminal networks …

China Says US Hacked Networks of 2025 Asian Winter Games

China accused a US spy agency of hacking the Asian Winter Games held this year in Harbin, and took the unusual step of identifying individuals it thinks are responsible. The US National Security Agency’s Office of Tailored Access Operations carried …

Hackers Breach Morocco’s Social Security Database in Unprecedented Cyberattack

Morocco ‘s social security agency said troves of data were stolen from its systems in a cyberattack this week that resulted in personal information being leaked on the messaging app Telegram. The North African kingdom’s social security fund administers pensions …

Singapore Customer Data Exposed After Ransomware Attack on Vendor of DBS, BoC

Some customer information from Singapore’s DBS Group and Bank of China’s branch in the country has potentially been compromised after a ransomware attack on their data vendor Toppan Next Tech (TNT). DBS said on Monday customer statements of around 8,200 …

Hackers Target Australia’s Largest Pension Funds in Coordinated Attacks

Hackers targeting Australia’s major pension funds in a series of coordinated attacks have stolen savings from some members at the biggest fund, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, and compromised more than 20,000 accounts. National Cyber Security …

Update: North Korean IT Warriors Push to Infiltrate European Firms

North Korean IT workers are increasingly posing as remote freelancers from other countries to infiltrate companies in Europe, putting organizations at risk of espionage, data theft and disruption. The workers, who refer to themselves as “warriors,” secure roles at companies …