London Harrods department stores announced on Thursday, May 1, which had been the victim of a cyber attack, after the Marks & Spencer distribution chain and the cooperative food distributor were also attacked.
“We have recently faced unauthorized access attempts at some of our systems,” said a luxury store spokesman.
He adds that his computer security equipment “immediately took proactive measures to guarantee the security of systems”, which led the group to restrict Internet access to their sites on Thursday.
All “remain open”
In addition to its emblematic store in downtown London, Harrods also has points of sale in airports and beauty products stores in several cities.
But all “remain open” to accommodate customers, and the website is not affected, Harrods specifies.
Harrods is the third important distribution brand that is directed by a cyber attack in recent days, without anyone knowing if the three attacks are linked.
The Marks & Spencer channel confirmed that it was attacked by a Ransomiciel attack, which has interrupted its Easter activities.
She was forced to suspend her online sales, contact without stores in stores or her recruitment operations. In some stores, the products were no longer available on the shelves.
“Unauthorized access attempts” in systems
The group said Thursday that their technical teams “backed by cyber experts work extremely hard to restore online sales and through our application.” Police have opened an investigation.
For its part, the CO-OP supermarket chain said Thursday that it was also attacked by “unauthorized access attempts” to some of its systems.
The established measures to protect them have caused disturbances in their calls and support services.
Source: BFM TV
