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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

M&S boss says two big UK firms hit by unreported cyber-attacks

Marks & Spencer store
Marks & Spencer is still in ‘rebuild mode’ after the cyber-attack, its chair said. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

UK businesses should be legally required to report major cyber-attacks, the boss of Marks & Spencer has suggested as he claimed two hacks involving “large British companies” had gone unreported in recent months.

In evidence to MPs about the impact of the massive cyber-attack on M&S that forced it to close down its online store for almost seven weeks, the retailer’s chair, Archie Norman, said the business was still in “rebuild mode”.

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