A letter from the M&S hackers landed in my inbox - this is what happened next

A letter from the M&S hackers landed in my inbox - this is what happened next 4 hours ago Share Save Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent Share Save BBC Joe Tidy interacted with hackers who claimed to have done the M&S and Co-op hack Almost daily, my phone pings with messages from hackers of all stripes. The good, the bad, the not-so-sure. I've been reporting on cyber security for more than a decade, so I know that many of them like to talk about their hacks, findings and escapades. About 99% of these conversations stay firmly locked in my chat logs and don't lead to news stories. But a recent ping was impossible to ignore. "Hey. This is Joe Tidy from the BBC reporting on this Co-op news, correct?" the hackers messaged me on Telegram. "We have some news for you," they teased. When I cautiously asked what this was, the people behind the Telegram account - which had no name or profile picture - gave me the inside track on what they claimed to have done to M&S and the Co-op, in cyber attacks ... Read full article.