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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: M&S CEO Targeted with Abusive Ransom Email from Hackers
Caption: M&S CEO Targeted with Abusive Ransom Email from Hackers. Marks & Spencer (M&S) was rocked by a direct ransom demand to its CEO, Stuart Machin, from the hacker group DragonForce. The email, sent on April 23rd, confirmed the company had been hacked, something M&S had previously refused to acknowledge. The message, written in broken English, included a disturbing claim that the hackers had “encrypted all the servers” and demanded a response through a darknet website. The attack has had serious consequences for M&S, costing an estimated £300 million, with the retailer still unable to process online orders weeks later. The email, which also contained a racist term, was sent to Machin and seven other executives. The hackers boasted of stealing private customer data, which M&S only disclosed after nearly three weeks. The attack is believed to have originated from a compromised employee email linked to Tata Consultancy Services, which provides IT support to M&S. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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