The British distribution chain Marks & Spencer estimated on Wednesday, May 21 with 300 million pounds, the impact of the cyber attack on which he has been a victim for several weeks, during the presentation of his results.
“The situation improves”
The disturbances related to the attack, which have significantly forced the company to suspend their online sales or paymentless payment, will continue until July, anticipate Marks & Spencer.
“Food sales have been affected by a reduced availability of products, although the situation improves” and “in the sectors of fashion, house and beauty, online sales and operating benefit has been strongly affected” by the temporary suspension of purchases on the Internet, adds the company.
“Now we are focusing on recovery, aimed at restoring our systems, operations and our client offer during the first half,” he adds.
The brand had revealed in mid -May that certain personal data of its customers had been stolen within the framework of this cyber attack, which began in mid -April, but not in the payment details or the passwords of the accounts.
In addition to Marks & Spencer, the CO-OP brand was also the victim of an attack of the same type, as well as the prestigious London Harrods, forced to restrict Internet access to its sites at the beginning of the month.
Marks & Spencer also presented a net gain to reduce almost one third, to 295.7 million pounds, against 431.2 million last year. This does not take into account the impact of the cyber attack. The operational benefit has reached 984.5 million pounds.
“This incident is just an accident on a trip, which we will go out in a better way,” said Stuart Machin, managing director of Marks & Spencer, who plans to maintain his strategy and long -term plans. The group’s action fell approximately 2.6% on Wednesday shortly after opening to the London manure.
Source: BFM TV
