The Marx & Spencer chair refuses to determine whether the retailer has pushed the infiltrat

The head of the UK’s retail giant Marks & Spencer refused to inform a committee of legislators whether the company paid a penetration group after a ransom attack earlier this year.

“We have said that we are not discussing any of the details of our interaction with the representative of the threat,” said Archie Norman, referring to the ransom batch. “We do not believe that it is the public reformer to enter this issue in part because it is a matter of law enforcement.”

Norman said that “no one” in Marx & Spencer interacted directly with the Internet criminals, which he attributed to the Dragonforce gang.

in May, Marks & Spencer has been revealed Persons stole an unspecified amount of customer data, including names, birth dates, home addresses, e -mail, phone numbers, home information, and online request history. The breach also disrupted operations for weeks, left the shelves empty, and customers are unable to demand online.

Norman told legislators that the company is still dealing with recovery efforts and will continue to do so until October or November.