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The Star
02-05-2025
- Business
- The Star
Britain to warn companies cyber security must be 'absolute priority'
FILE PHOTO: British MP Pat McFadden speaks on stage during Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Minister LONDON (Reuters) -The British government will next week warn all UK companies to treat cyber security as an "absolute priority" in the wake of attacks on retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op Group and Harrods. Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden on Friday led a briefing with national security officials and Richard Horne, the CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre, about support being provided to the affected retailers, his office said. It also said he will use a speech at next week's CyberUK conference in Manchester to say the recent attacks are a "wake up call" for all businesses. It said McFadden will highlight moves to 'bolster our national defences' including new legislation - the Cyber Security Bill. He will say: 'In a world where the cybercriminals targeting us are relentless in their pursuit of profit - with attempts being made every hour of every day - companies must treat cyber security as an absolute priority." The 141-year-old M&S, one of the best known names in British business, stopped taking clothing and home orders through its website and app on April 25 following problems with contactless pay and click and collect services over the Easter holiday weekend. It has not said when online orders will resume. Technology specialist site BleepingComputer, citing multiple sources, said a ransomware attack that encrypted M&S's servers was believed to have been conducted by a hacking collective known as "Scattered Spider". British companies, public bodies and institutions have been hit by a wave of cyberattacks in recent years, costing them tens of millions of pounds and often months of disruption. (Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
The Guardian
06-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Chloé and Crufts: photos of the day
A standard poodle at Crufts on the first day of the dog show in Birmingham Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters F Company Scots Guards prepare for an inspection by General Officer Commanding the household division, Maj Gen James Bowder, during the annual ceremonial inspection of the London Central Garrison and Bands of the Household Division, at Wellington Barracks Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Keir Starmer takes part in a Q&A session at a company in north-west England. Last week the British prime minister pledged to boost UK defence spending to 2.5% of the nation's economy by 2027, which the Labour government believes will also help to grow stagnant gross domestic product Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets the French president, Emmanuel Macron, on the sidelines of the Special European Council to discuss continued support for Ukraine and European defence after the pause in US military aid. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images American rapper and songwriter Doechii attends the Chloé womenswear fall/winter 2025-26 show as part of Paris fashion week at Tennis Club de Paris Photograph: Marc Piasecki/WireImage US marines take part in a joint military exercise with South Korea Photograph: Son Dae-sung/AP Children play in a slum area in Parañaque city. The latest report of the Philippine Statistics Authority found the country's poverty rate dropped to 15.5% in 2024 from 18.1% in 2021, with 17.54 million people living below the poverty line. This is a decrease of 2.4 million from the previous survey two years earlier Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA A view of the half moon over the Sultan Ahmed Mosque last night Photograph: Isa Terli/Anadolu/Getty Images Second world war veterans Ruth Bourne, Marie Scott, Dorothea Barron and 102-year-old Robbie Hall at an International Women's Day event, hosted by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, at the RAF Club in Piccadilly Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA A US Marine Corps member works on reinforcing the border wall at El Nido de las Aguilas in eastern Tijuana, seen from the Mexican side of the Mexico-US border Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed houses, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: Hussam Al-Masri/Reuters Demonstrators hold photos depicting the faces of Israeli hostages who are being held in the Gaza Strip and demand their release from Hamas captivity Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP Imported iron ore is sorted into piles at the port in eastern Shandong province Photograph: AFP/Getty Images A member of the media visits the exhibition Space by German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans at the Albertinum Photograph: Jens Schlueter/AFP/Getty Images Leaders of the Shaanxi province delegation meet during the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images Young men play in sea foam created by record-breaking waves as the outer fringe of Tropical Cyclone Alfred whips eastern Australia Photograph: AFP/Getty Images The Milky Way in a spectacular display over the Bamburgh Lighthouse in the early hours Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
