Analysis

Briefing: High profile attacks represent penetration opportunity for cyber market

By 2025-05-28T06:00:00

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The sector should ’never waste a good crisis’, says MGA distribution director

The high profile cyber attacks that hit UK supermarkets over Easter weekend (18 to 21 April 2025) have cut through to the mainstream media, with resultant coverage – hopefully – helping to drive home the potential costs of disruption from cyber attacks for UK businesses. 

Marks and Spencer (M&S) was the first retailer to report a cyber incident on 21 April 2025, with Harrods also reporting its own difficulties on 1 May.

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