Co-op, M&S, Harrods: Cheltenham provides answers to the latest cyber attacks
As the national media spread the news that major UK retailers had faced potentially damaging cyber attacks, a gathering of Gloucestershire businesses and experts took place in Cheltenham to discuss.
Dears readers,
Welcome to Friday’s edition of The Raikes Journal.
About the only thing welcome about yesterday’s news of cyber attacked on major retailers M&S, the Co-op and then Harrods was that it distracted the national media from delivering the latest daily installment on President Trump’s second term in office.
It was certainly no less worrying for many.
Speculation was rife. Images of dark forces at work on the web abounded and anxiety crept over anyone whose livelihood depends on their business being secure and safe from harm in an age where digital is everywhere. So that’s just about everyone!
In Cheltenham a special gathering took place at the University of Gloucestershire’s FuturePark yesterday that saw business people and experts in cyber security discuss what had really taken place, how scared anyone really should be and what measures could be taken to prevent any of them becoming the next victim.
Raikes was invited down to listen in, and the report is below.
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