Following the cyberattack that affected the retailer for a month, Marks & Spencer is reportedly facing a multimillion-pound lawsuit over the loss of customer data.
It acknowledged earlier this month that customer information, including names, email addresses, postal addresses, and dates of birth, had been stolen by hackers. Chief Executive Stuart Machin stated that the “sophisticated nature of the incident” had allowed access to the data, although he emphasised that it does not include account passwords or payment and card information, which M&S claims it does not store on its servers.
According to The Sunday Mail, Thompsons Solicitors is now pursuing a class action lawsuit against M&S for exposing customers to the risk of scams by failing to safeguard their data.
Senior Partner Patrick McGuire of Thompsons Solicitors stated that the firm has been “inundated by Scots M&S clients who have been caught up in this online heist and are contacting Thompsons. We have a situation here where one of the most famous retailers in the UK has allowed criminals to pillage the personal d
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