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Luxury department store Harrods has been targeted by cyber criminals, becoming the latest major UK retailer to fall victim to hackers in a matter of days.
The Qatar-owned retailer said on Thursday its IT security team had fended off attempts by hackers to “gain unauthorised access to some of our systems” by restricting internet access at company sites.
The attack on Harrods comes just days after Marks and Spencer and the Co-op were targeted by cyber criminals.
M&S has been unable to accept online orders since last Friday and is still battling to restore order to its operations. The FTSE 100 retailer first disclosed its systems had been compromised last Tuesday.
The Co-op was forced to shut down part of its IT system after discovering an attempted breach, it emerged on Wednesday. The mutually owned group said its operations were largely unaffected, with only a small impact to some of its back office and call centre services.
Harrods said all of its stores, including its Knightsbridge flagship, H beauty and airport stores, were open as normal, and shoppers could also continue to buy goods online.
“We are not asking our customers to do anything differently at this point,” the company added. Sky News first reported the cyber attack.
This is a developing story