Cyber-attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods: Four young people arrested

Yorkshire Post

Four young people have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the damaging cyber-attacks against Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the individuals were arrested early on Thursday morning on suspicion of blackmail, money laundering, offences linked to the Computer Misuse Act and participating in the activities of an organised crime group.

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00:00Hello, I'm Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post. Four young people have been arrested for their

00:06suspected involvement in the cyber attacks against Marks and Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods.

00:13The National Crime Agency said the individuals were arrested early on Thursday morning on

00:20suspicion of blackmail, money laundering, offences linked to the Computer Misuse Act and participating

00:28in the activities of an organised crime group. The arrests included a 17-year-old British man from

00:37the West Midlands, a 19-year-old Latvian man from the West Midlands, a 19-year-old British man from

00:44London and a 20-year-old British woman from Staffordshire. All four were arrested from the

00:50home addresses and remain in custody.

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