Cyber attacks forced British retailers to temporarily closetheir stores and stop supply


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The Works, a British retailer, was affected by cyber attacks, resulting in the closure of some stores, delays in inventory replenishment, and the timely delivery of customers’ online orders.

Founded in 1981, The Works operates more than 520 stores in the UK, mainly selling discounted books, handicrafts, toys and other goods. Although the computer system has been captured, officials stressed that hackers did not access customer payment data in this incident.

“Our trading and business operations have been disrupted and some stores have been forced to close due to the inability of normal cashier. At present, we temporarily stop replenishing to other stores of the group and postpone the scheduled delivery time of online orders. However, it is expected that all stores will resume operation soon and online services will gradually return to normal levels,” the company said

The company also said that as a precaution, it had banned internal and external access to computer systems, including e-mail systems, and “worked with consultants to assess and solve current problems”.

The Works said that because all debit and credit card transaction services were processed by third-party service providers outside their systems, the customer’s payment data was not affected by the attack.

“Customers can continue to shop safely in The Works store and online, and there is no risk of malicious access to payment data,” the company said

At the same time, the company also hired network security experts to participate in the attack investigation, but said it was unclear whether other types of data had been accessed.

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The company explained, “although the payment data is safe, it is not clear to what extent other data is affected. Therefore, for preventive reasons, we have reported the incident to the office of the information commissioner.”

As a listed company headquartered in London, The Works has a development history of 41 years. This cyber attack should not have a significant negative impact on its business development and financial status.

In February this year, KP snacks, a well-known snack manufacturer in the UK (with hula hoops, McCoy’s and Tyrrells chips, butterkiss, skips, Nik NAKs and KP nuts and other products), also suffered cyber attacks, and the resulting supply problems continued until the end of March.

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