DragonForce Ransomware Cartel are claiming credit for attacks on Marks and Spencer, Co-op and Harrods and say more victim orgs are coming https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/-dragonforce-hacking-gang-takes-credit-for-uk-retail-attacks
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TCS have told shareholders their systems were not compromised in the hack of M&S.
As an explainer here (not in the article): TCS IT systems weren't compromised. Their helpdesk service (they're AD admins at M&S) was used to gain access to M&S. They manage M&S IT systems.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/indias-tcs-says-none-its-systems-were-compromised-ms-hack-2025-06-19/ -
Latest Marks and Spencer update is pretty crazy.
M&S haven't been able to supply sales data - so the British Retail Consortium (BRC) - used by the UK government as as economic indicator - basically made up figures for M&S and didn't tell people they had done this.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/24/retail-lobby-group-accused-of-ms-cyber-cover-up/
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Ultra spicy post claiming to be from UK retailer employee (M&S or Co-op) about their experience with TCS on their security incident. https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1ll1l6c/scattered_spider_tcs_blame_avoidance/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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Marks and Spencer’s CEO says half of their online ordering is still offline after their ransomware incident, they hope to get open in next 4 weeks.
They are also rebuilding internal systems and hope a majority of that will be done by August.
Lesson: mass contain early. M&S didn’t. Co-op did.
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17 and two 19 year old teens picked up over Co-op and M&S hacks, and a 20 year old woman.
Pretend to be surprised.
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If you ever doubted the link between Scattered Spider(tm) and LAPSUS$ - one of the people arrested today was a key part of the LAPSUS$ attacks a few years ago.
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After almost 3 months, Marks and Spencer recruitment system came back online just now. First 4 jobs posted.
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. @briankrebs has broken the story that the key member (and teenager) of LAPSUS$ runs Scattered Spider
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/uk-charges-four-in-scattered-spider-ransom-group/
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Co-op finally admitted the entire membership database was stolen
I had this in the thread months ago, they originally tried to deny it entirely then tried to say ‘some’ data was accessed when they knew it was the whole thing.
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Personally I think Co-op did a really good job getting out of that situation and minimising impact.
I definitely think if you have a LAPSUS$ style advanced persistent teenagers situation, tilt towards open and honest comms as those kids will use secrecy against ya. It’s 2025, it’s okay to say you got hacked, people largely understand. Also, in IR, lawyers are usually stuck in 1980 advice - it’s just advice, they ain’t yo boss.
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The people arrested as part of the Co-op and M&S hack investigation have been released on bail.
Previously when this happened with LAPSUS$, they just continued hacking stuff.
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I understand the people released have not been charged.
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M&S still working on system recovery. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewyyjdzql4o
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Marks and Spencer CTO leaves, CISO still in role.
It’s difficult to see what happened as her fault - eg the decision to outsource the frontline IT helpdesk that did the password resets dates 5 years before she joined.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630565/MS-parts-ways-with-CTO-after-cyber-attack
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Suspect arrested for M&S hack have been rearrested (again), this time for Transport for London hack last year. Also charged for it: https://therecord.media/scattered-spider-teenage-suspects-arrested-britain-nca
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I believe this is the fourth time Thalha Jubair has been arrested btw.
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Justice.gov are pissed at Thalha Jubair and have also charged him, he faces 95 years of jail in the US.
"From as early as May 2022 to as recently as September 2025, Jubair and his associates were involved in approximately 120 network intrusions, including accessing the computer networks of at least 47 U.S.-based victims. Collectively, victims paid more than $115 million to Jubair and his associates in efforts to recover their data and prevent its disclosure. "
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For the record, since I think it's now safe to say - Thalha Jubair (a teen) is the key guy behind LAPSUS$/Scattered Spider/ShinyHunters and allegedly most of the big cyber incidents of the past 5 years.
He's been running rings around everybody since he was 14.
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"In October 2024 and January 2025, Jubair participated in a scheme to gain unauthorized access to the networks of a U.S.-based critical infrastructure company and the U.S. Courts."
Related: not very stealthy, they posted screenshots of their access this week.
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Achievement unlocked for LAPSUS$, got a court drawing
