Friendly reminder that 1.5% of European Nato countries’ GDP is earmarked for non-military defense like cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, …
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The hack was “an extraordinary moment in time,” it said, as it revealed statutory profit before tax - a figure that reflects all costs for a period - slumped 99% from £391.9m to £3.4m for the first half of the year, compared with the year prior.
As well as disrupting its online business, the hack affected M&S in-store too, leaving some shelves bare in the weeks after it was targeted.
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Eh the Gov will bail em out. Yaaaaargghhh!
Who was the attacker?
Why would the government bail them out?
The government doesn’t bail out retailers. Does Woolworths, Netto, and Wilko not ring a bell?
E: you’re American, so they probably genuinely don’t ring a bell.