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M&S's website said today that its click and collect services had resumed

M&S UK click & collect services back 15 weeks after hack

Marks & Spencer has resumed taking click and collect orders for clothing on its UK website after a nearly four-month hiatus following a cyber hack and data theft.

Business • 11 Aug

Microsoft on Saturday issued an alert about "active attacks" on SharePoint servers used within organisations

Microsoft server hack likely single actor - researchers

A global attack on Microsoft server software used by thousands of government agencies and businesses to share documents within organisations is likely the work of a single actor, a cybersecurity researcher said today.

Business • 21 Jul

Hong Kong investigates Louis Vuitton data leak

Hong Kong's privacy watchdog said today it was investigating a data leak at Louis Vuitton affecting about 419,000 customers, just after a cyberattack on the luxury brand in South Korea in June.

Business • 21 Jul

M&S said the attack would cost it about £300m in lost operating profit

M&S believes DragonForce behind ransomware attack

British retailer Marks & Spencer believes the ransomware operation behind the April cyberattack which forced it to suspend online shopping for nearly seven weeks was a group called "DragonForce", its chairman said today.

Business • 08 Jul

6 million Qantas customer accounts accessed in cyber hack

A cyber hacker broke into a database containing the personal information of millions of customers, Qantas said, in Australia's biggest breach in years and a setback for an airline rebuilding trust after a reputational crisis.

Business • 02 Jul

Marks & Spencer held its AGM in London today

Most of M&S cyberattack impact over by August - CEO

The boss of Marks & Spencer has said he hopes to have the majority of the impact from its damaging cyber attack "behind us" by August.

Business • 01 Jul

M&S food sales show resilience despite cyberattack

British retailer Marks & Spencer's food business saw food sales increase 10.8% over the 12 weeks to May 17 year-on-year despite the fallout from a cyberattack last month denting availability, industry data showed today.

Business • 29 May

EU supporting Czech Republic after Chinese cyberattack

The European Union says it stands in solidarity with the Czech Republic, after China was identified as being responsible for a "malicious cybercampaign" at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Europe • 28 May

It has been three years since a major ransomware attack caused widespread disruption across the HSE (stock image)

More than 470 legal actions against HSE over cyberattack

A total of 473 legal proceedings have been taken against the Health Service Executive arising from the 2021 cyberattack.

Ireland • 14 May 24

Magnet+ said its internal security systems detected an unauthorised access attempt on its IT services network last month

Potential cyberattack involving telecom company Magnet+

Telecoms company Magnet+ is investigating an attempted cyberattack after the company said its internal security systems detected an unauthorised access attempt on its IT services network on 8 April.

Business • 01 May 24

Boeing is one of the world's largest defence and space contractors

Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang

Internal data from Boeing, one of the world's largest defence and space contractors, was published online today by Lockbit, a cybercrime gang which extorts its victims by stealing and releasing data unless a ransom is paid.

Business • 10 Nov 23

The RDS said it became aware it was the victim of a ransomware attack on 8 February

Personal data compromised in RDS cyber attack

Personal data belonging to staff, members and suppliers of the Royal Dublin Society was compromised during a cyber attack last week.

Ireland • 15 Feb 22

One of the main victims seems to be the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp oil trading hub (File)

European oil port terminals hit by cyberattack

Major oil terminals in some of western Europe's biggest ports have fallen victim to a cyberattack.

World • 03 Feb 22

The six-day closure of Colonial Pipeline's 5,500 mile system prevented millions of barrels of petrol, diesel and jet fuel from reaching fuel tanks throughout the eastern US

US oil shortage eases, but pumps dry in some areas

Petrol shortages that have plagued the US East Coast slowly are starting to ease, with 1,000 more stations receiving supplies as the country's largest fuel pipeline network recovered from a crippling cyberattack.

Business • 17 May 21

People familiar with the hacking campaign said the US Department of Homeland Security had been breached

Suspected Russian hackers spied on global governments

US IT company SolarWinds has said that up to 18,000 of its customers had downloaded a compromised software update which allowed suspected Russian hackers to spy on global businesses and governments unnoticed for almost nine months.

Business • 14 Dec 20

Lloyd's warned that most losses from cyberattacks were not insured

Cyberattack could cost global economy $53bn - Lloyd's

A serious cyberattack could cost the global economy as much as $53 billion, putting it on a par with Hurricane Sandy in 2012, according to a report by Lloyd's of London.

technology • 17 Jul 17

The cyber attack was foiled when gardaí from the money-laundering unit intervened

Council in legal action to secure return of €4.3m

Meath County Council has confirmed that it has taken legal proceedings in Hong Kong to secure the return of €4.3m that was transferred to a bank there in a cyber attack.

Cyberattack • 18 Dec 16

Meath County Council was targeted and €4.3m was transferred from its Irish bank abroad on 28 October

Meath council funds frozen in Hong Kong account

Over €4m belonging to Meath County Council has been frozen in a bank account in Hong Kong after gardaí interrupted an attempt to steal the money.