{"id":18843,"date":"2025-05-16T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/scattered-spider-hackers-in-uk-are-facilitating-cyber-attacks-says-google\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:38:30","slug":"scattered-spider-hackers-in-uk-are-facilitating-cyber-attacks-says-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/scattered-spider-hackers-in-uk-are-facilitating-cyber-attacks-says-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Scattered Spider hackers in UK are \u2018facilitating\u2019 cyber-attacks, says Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain\u2019s Marks &amp; Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2025\/may\/16\/rich-list-uk-billionaires-falls-after-market-turmoil-non-dom-hinduja-ratcliffe-sunak-king-charles-business-live-news\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UK-based members of the Scattered Spider hacking community are actively \u201cfacilitating\u201d cyber-attacks, according to Google, as disruption to British retailers spreads to the US.<\/p>\n<p>A group of hackers labelled \u201cScattered Spider\u201d have been linked with attacks on UK retailers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/may\/13\/m-and-s-personal-data-cyber-attack-marks-spencer-card-passwords\">Marks &amp; Spencer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/may\/14\/co-op-cyber-attack-stock-availability-in-stores-will-not-improve-until-weekend\">the Co-op<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/may\/01\/harrods-latest-retailer-hit-cyber-attack-website-shops\">Harrods<\/a>, with Google cybersecurity experts warning this week that unnamed retailers across the Atlantic are being targeted as well.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/may\/16\/scattered-spider-hackers-uk-cyber-attacks-google-us-retailers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c24b73fd1d29d040bef47aaa6eb42c8cfac65aed\/8_0_5200_4160\/master\/5200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1bd0cfb1b070bbccdbe887dd6e4a5b79\" title=\"Scattered Spider hackers in UK are \u2018facilitating\u2019 cyber-attacks, says Google\" \/>US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain\u2019s Marks &amp; Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nUK-based members of the Scattered Spider hacking community are actively \u201cfacilitating\u201d cyber-attacks, according to Google, as disruption to British retailers spreads to the US.<br \/>\nA group of hackers labelled \u201cScattered Spider\u201d have been linked with attacks on UK retailers Marks &amp; Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, with Google cybersecurity experts warning this week that unnamed retailers across the Atlantic are being targeted as well. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain\u2019s Marks &amp; Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods Business live \u2013 latest updates UK-based members of the Scattered Spider hacking community are actively \u201cfacilitating\u201d cyber-attacks, according to Google, as disruption to British retailers spreads to the US. A group of hackers labelled \u201cScattered Spider\u201d have been linked with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/scattered-spider-hackers-in-uk-are-facilitating-cyber-attacks-says-google\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scattered Spider hackers in UK are \u2018facilitating\u2019 cyber-attacks, says Google<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18843"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}