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title: M&S Cyber Attack Costs £136m, Nearly Wipes Out Profits
description: Marks & Spencer faces a £136m hit from an Easter cyber attack, slashing profits as sales plummet; recovery expected by year's end.
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# M&S Cyber Attack Costs £136m, Nearly Wipes Out Profits

Marks & Spencer faces a £136m hit from an Easter cyber attack, slashing profits as sales plummet; recovery expected by year's end.

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Marks and Spencer's Easter cyber attack has cost the retailer £136 million in direct response and recovery expenses, nearly eliminating its statutory profit for the first half of the year. Profits plummeted from £391.9m to just £3.4m as ransomware hackers infiltrated systems through a third-party contractor, knocking online shopping offline until June. The attack devastated sales, with fashion and beauty dropping 16.4% and international sales down 11.6%. Click and collect services weren't restored until August. M&S expects to claim back £100m through insurance and anticipates profits will recover to last year's levels in the second half. Despite the setback, food sales remained strong with three consecutive years of monthly growth. **Source:** [Sky News](https://news.sky.com/story/mands-reveals-cost-of-cyber-attack-as-profit-almost-wiped-out-13464171)

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