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Cybercriminals target retail with 264% surge in attacks

February 17, 2022

Cybercriminals have targeted the retail sector over the past 12 months, with a 264% surge in ransomware attacks on ecommerce and online retail businesses. The figures from SonicWall’s biannual report…

Amazon hit by massive global outage leaving many unable to access site for hours

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Amazon cyberattack down Downdetector outage

July 12, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Amazon has experienced its second major outage in as many months seeing its shopping service go down across the globe for a number of hours. More than 38,000 users reported…

Nearly 1000 grocery stores could take weeks to recover from one of the largest ransomware attacks in history, seeing hackers demand $70 million to restore data.

800 grocery stores shut down by “colossal” ransomware attack could take weeks to recover

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Coop cyberattack REvil Sweden

July 6, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Nearly 1000 grocery stores could take weeks to recover from one of the largest ransomware attacks in history, seeing hackers demand $70 million to restore data. Over the weekend hackers…

FatFace has asked customers to keep news of a hack “strictly confidential” after warning them their personal details may have been stolen.

FatFace sparks fury after asking customers to keep major hack “confidential”

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March 25, 2021

Ben Stevens

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FatFace has asked customers to keep news of a hack “strictly confidential” after warning them their personal details may have been stolen. The fashion retailer emailed customers yesterday informing them…

Leading Indian online grocer BigBasket reeling from major cyber attack

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Alibaba attack BigBasket China customers cyberattack details ecommerce grocery Hari Menon India Retail security

November 9, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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Cyberattackers have stolen the personal details of millions of users of Indian online grocer BigBasket, according to Bloomberg News. BigBasket co-founder and chief executive Hari Menon confirmed the attack, which…

Cyber attacks hit 1.4m British SMEs last year

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August 29, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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It’s not just the major retailers that need to protect themselves: new research finds 1.4 million British small businesses were affected by a cyber attack or significant security incident last…

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Cybercriminals target retail with 264% surge in attacks

Amazon hit by massive global outage leaving many unable to access site for hours

800 grocery stores shut down by “colossal” ransomware attack could take weeks to recover

FatFace sparks fury after asking customers to keep major hack “confidential”

Leading Indian online grocer BigBasket reeling from major cyber attack

Cyber attacks hit 1.4m British SMEs last year

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Cybercriminals target retail with 264% surge in attacks

Amazon hit by massive global outage leaving many unable to access site for hours

800 grocery stores shut down by “colossal” ransomware attack could take weeks to recover

FatFace sparks fury after asking customers to keep major hack “confidential”

Leading Indian online grocer BigBasket reeling from major cyber attack

Cyber attacks hit 1.4m British SMEs last year

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Snap, AR and shopping lenses: Amber Sayer on how the mainstream has changed

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