‘Did you pay a ransom?’ MPs ask M&S and Co-op bosses at cyber attacks hearing

Marks & Spencer

Directors of the Co-op and Marks & Spencer were asked today whether or not they had paid any ransom after each was hit by cyber-criminals.

The retailers were appearing before a sub-committee of the Business and Trade Select Committee, concerned with cyber-security in the wake of high-profile attacks on them and other retailers including Harrods, which led to business disruption.

 

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