{"id":4602,"date":"2025-05-15T06:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T06:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2025-05-15T06:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T06:50:16","slug":"hackers-targeting-u-s-retailers-after-uk-attacks-google-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/hackers-targeting-u-s-retailers-after-uk-attacks-google-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Targeting U.S. Retailers After UK Attacks, Google Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Hackers Targeting U.S. Retailers After UK Attacks, Google Warns<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google has issued a warning that the same cybercriminals responsible for major digital disruptions in the United Kingdom are now setting their sights on retail companies in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a statement from John Hultquist, an analyst at Google&#8217;s cybersecurity division, these hackers &#8220;are aggressive, creative, and particularly effective at circumventing mature security programs.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attacks are believed to originate from a group associated with &#8220;Scattered Spider,&#8221; a loosely linked collective of cyber attackers with differing levels of technical skill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group recently made headlines for allegedly crippling the digital operations of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marksandspencer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marks &amp; Spencer (M&amp;S)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the UK\u2019s most prominent retailers, since April 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Check this out:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/sony-projects-stagnant-profits-as-tariff-costs-mount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sony Projects Stagnant Profits as Tariff Costs Mount<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Retail Sector Faces Prolonged Threat<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hultquist noted that the group often concentrates on one industry at a time, suggesting that retailers could remain targets for the foreseeable future. Their history includes high-profile breaches on both sides of the Atlantic, with significant attacks in 2023 on casino giants <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgmresorts.com\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MGM Resorts International<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Caesars Entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efforts to clamp down on the group have been hampered by several challenges, including their fluid structure, the young age of many members, and limited cooperation from victims of cybercrime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These obstacles have made it difficult for law enforcement agencies to mount effective responses, according to previous Reuters reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked for comment, the FBI and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/comptia\/cybersecurity-compliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cybersecurity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Infrastructure Security Agency\u2014America&#8217;s lead civilian cyber defense agency\u2014did not respond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Beckner, a senior official at the National Retail Federation, confirmed that U.S. retail firms are actively monitoring the situation. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been closely tracking everything going on in the UK over the past few weeks,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There aren&#8217;t geographic boundaries on these threats.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the Retail &amp; Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC), whose members include major brands such as Costco, McDonald&#8217;s, Albertsons, and Lowe&#8217;s, has partnered with Google to prepare an informational briefing for retailers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Continue reading:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/comptia\/cybersecurity-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cybersecurity News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers Targeting U.S. Retailers After UK Attacks, Google Warns Google has issued a warning that the same cybercriminals responsible for major digital disruptions in the United Kingdom are now setting their sights on retail companies in the United States.\u00a0 According to a statement from John Hultquist, an analyst at Google&#8217;s cybersecurity division, these hackers &#8220;are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v25.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hackers Targeting U.S. Retailers After UK Attacks, Google Warns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hackers behind major UK retail attacks are now eyeing U.S. targets, Google warns. 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