British retailer Marks & Spencer said on Tuesday that some personal data of its customers was stolen in a cyberattack that has crippled its online services for weeks. 

M&S operations have since Easter been hampered by a ransomware sting which has forced the retailer to suspend online sales, contactless payments instore and even recruiting operations.

''We are writing to customers informing them that due to the sophisticated nature of the incident, some of their personal customer data has been taken," the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The information stolen could include names, dates of birth, home addresses and telephone number, it said.

Customer data stolen in Marks & Spencer cyberattack

 M&S said that the data taken did not include "useable payment or card details", nor account passwords, and there was "no evidence" that the data taken has been shared.

But no evidence does not mean the data wasn't shared, it just means M and S haven't found out who the data thieves have shared it with yet ( for a fee)!

 

Fodder for the Luddites.

 

It does say that the data breach DOES NOT include "useable payment or card details" ........no need to rush to the ATM or resort to bartering.

 

 

Bit of a bugger though, I couldn't order the shorts I wanted today.

So how does this mean cash is better? The scenario is that personal data was stolen. Nothing to do with cash/cards. Same thing applies to people who pay cod. You want something delivered, they need your name, address. etc.

10 minutes ago, gargamon said:

So how does this mean cash is better? The scenario is that personal data was stolen. Nothing to do with cash/cards. Same thing applies to people who pay cod. You want something delivered, they need your name, address. etc.

Buy from the shop, M and S items are not heavy.

True about cash is king luddites

34 minutes ago, bannork said:

Buy from the shop, M and S items are not heavy.

 

Sound advice when you are based in Thailand.

Thanks to the Elon stooges, US citizens need to get a subscription to lock down their social security numbers. Lifelock and Experian are two. About $10 USD/month.

 

I use two US-based credit cards regularly. Both are 100% safe. I've had illegal charges made to both, and each time the companies dropped the charges. It DOES become a nuisance, a new card must be issued and forwarded to Thailand, but it happens so infrequently that it's tolerable. Part of the cost of living in LOS.

Plot twist:

 

Thai immigration's security system is just a giant pile of photocopies with everyone's personal info on the back.

 

Is this thread <deleted> or what, lol

Sounds like don´t shop at Marks and Spnecer. 

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

Sounds like don´t shop at Marks and Spnecer. 

These days M+S shop clothes look so frumpy and dated in  Thailand .

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Thanks to the Elon stooges, US citizens need to get a subscription to lock down their social security numbers. Lifelock and Experian are two. About $10 USD/month.

 

I use two US-based credit cards regularly. Both are 100% safe. I've had illegal charges made to both, and each time the companies dropped the charges. It DOES become a nuisance, a new card must be issued and forwarded to Thailand, but it happens so infrequently that it's tolerable. Part of the cost of living in LOS.

 

Congratulations for working that Elon stooges thing in to a discussion of a UK shop being hacked.  As if SS locking wasn't a thing before Elon.