M&S Face Face Multi-Million-Pfund-Court campaigns of Scot customers via cyber attack data leaks

The Sunday post can start the leading laws of Thompsons, which will start a class action against the company this week, which can lead to enormous payments for compensation this week.

M&S stands in front of a million -dollar court action of Scottish customers, whose personal data was stolen in a catastrophic cyber attack.

The High Street Riese had to admit last week that Hacker received information that could contain the phone numbers, house addresses, birth dates and online ordering stories from millions of people.

And the Sunday post can reveal leading laws of Thompsons, which will start a class action against the company this week, which can lead to enormous payments to compensation.

Senior partner Patrick McGuire said that the law firm has left customers susceptible to criminal fraud by not protecting the data of customers what they have to do by law.

He said: “M&S proud of your customer service and reliability, but in this most important area you have completely failed your customers.

“We have a situation here in which one of the best -known retailers in Great Britain made criminals to loot the personal details of hundreds of thousands of Scottish customers.

“We were flooded by Schotten -M & S customers who are involved in this online robbery and contact Thompsons in view of our experience in this area.

“I think this will be the biggest data that we have ever been involved in.

“Group disputes, which are also referred to as collective action, means that the public can keep markings and spencers in order to take into account the theft of their details.

“His legal act of this kind, which recovered to consumers and retailers show that they cannot save on cyber security.”

Thompsons claim that they have already received an alvalance of inquiries from M&S customers whose details were stolen.

More than £ 1.2 billion were wiped out of the market value of M&S since it was crippled by hackers three weeks ago.

The company still does not accept online orders, has empty shelves in some branches and it is reported that it loses up to £ 3.5 million a day.

The Sparks Loyality Program from M&S had 18 million members – with hundreds of thousands in Scotland – and the company asked customers to reset their accounting words.

The retailer has also warned the customers that they may receive incorrect e -mails, calls or texts who claim to be from the company.

A group of hackers, which are called scattered spider, is said to have used an contractor to access the advanced IT systems of the retailer.

The Ransomware Group Dragonforce, which is also assumed that it is behind a cyber attack on the cooperative, has announced that its partners are responsible.

The group is known for crawling the data of the victims and demanding a ransom to receive the key to decrypting.

In the UK, data injuries are protected by the British General Data Protection Ordinance (UK DSG) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

These laws offer the framework of how companies have to treat and protect personal data, including the reporting and management of data injuries.

The National Cyber ​​Security Center of the British government has declared that it works with the companies concerned, but said to all British companies that the incidents should “act as a wake-up call” how important it is to protect measures to protect against attacks and react to attacks.

McGuire of Thompsons, who have already pursued legal measures against other companies that have lost the personal data of the customers, said: “The law in this matter is very clear, and the conviction is that an institution like M&S does not have the robust systems that require the law to prevent the actual risk of identity theft and fraud.

“From our experience, we know well that the type of information taken by M&S customers can be used by international criminals in very highly developed fraud.”

M&S has not received any orders from his website or app since April 25.

The hack first caused problems for the contactless payments of the retailer and click and collect orders.

A spokeswoman for the company said: “It is important that the data does not contain any usable payment or card data that we do not stick to our systems, and it does not contain any account words.

“There is no evidence that this data has been shared.”

Clive Black, a retail analyst of the financial company Shore Capital, said: “What is clear to us is that this has a serious influence on the performance of the first quarter – hundreds of millions of pounds – and by definition a remarkable influence on the full year for 2026.”

Last month, Hacker IT networks infiltrated and stolen customer and employee data into the cooperative.

Dragonforce claimed to have the private details of 20 million customers in the co-op membership program.

In the attack, business with empty shelves were seen after the chain was forced to close IT systems and slow deliveries.

Last week we told how the company promised municipalities like Islay in the inner Hebrids, which would serve through Skye and shops on the western islands of some products.

A Co-OP spokesman said: “After the malicious cyber attack by third-party providers, we took measures early and determined to limit access to our systems to protect our cooperative.

“We are now in the recovery phase and companies to take steps in order to gradually bring our systems back online in a safe and controlled manner.

“In our grocery store, the availability of shares in our grocery stores and online will be improved from this weekend, and we work closely with our suppliers to fill up our shops again.

“Our inventory system is now completely online and we have switched back all of our orders to the normal supply processes and systems.

“All payments, including contactless, and chip and pin, work in our entire shop.

“We would like to thank all of our colleagues, members, partners and suppliers for their previous support. We will present further updates to our members if we continue to progress in this cyber attack.”

An M&S spokesman said: “Our shops have remained open and the availability is now in a much more normal place where the shops are well equipped this weekend.”