Hackers responsible for a series of destructive, financially driven assaults on some of the United Kingdom’s leading retailers are now targeting major American firms, Google noted earlier this week.
“Major American retailers have already been targeted,” John Hultquist, the chief analyst for Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, told NBC News.
In recent weeks, cyberattacks have targeted at least three major British retailers. Marks & Spencer had to pause online orders for several weeks. Hackers contacted the BBC and presented evidence of “huge amounts of customer and employee data” stolen from the Co-op Group. The third, Harrods, blocked certain internet access at store locations, although the spokesperson told NBC News that there is no proof that consumer data was stolen.
Hultquist declined to identify specific American retailers the hackers may be targeting. The National Retail Federation, which represents thousands of firms such as Walmart and Target, acknowledged the threat.
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