'They wanted $4m': Lessons for M&S from other cyber attacks

'They wanted $4m': Lessons for M&S from other cyber attacks 7 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images As Marks & Spencer (M&S) - and its customers - continue to reel from a major cyber attack, other people who have gone through similar experiences have been sharing what it is like to be targeted by hackers. "It was an absolute nightmare", says Sir Dan Moynihan. He is the Senior Executive Principal and Chief Executive of the Harris Federation, a group of 55 schools in the London and Essex area. It was hacked in 2021 - Sir Dan told the Today programme, on BBC Radio 4, that the culprits were the Russian ransomware crime group REvil. "Their purpose was to blackmail us into paying four million dollars in cryptocurrency within ten days," he said. "If we didn't pay in ten days, they wanted eight million." The hack caused chaos. Sir Dan said the group lost teaching materials, lesson plans and registration systems. More importantly, they also lost med ... Read full article.