(newsinpo.site) – India’s Tata Consultancy Services is carrying out an internal probe to ascertain if it served as the entry point for a cyber assault on UK-based Marks and Spencer, which led to customer data being breached and affected the company’s functioning, according to FT on Friday.
The Indian IT firm, having served M&S for over ten years, aims to complete the investigation by the end of this month, according to the report, based on insights from individuals acquainted with the situation.
Newsinp SITE could not verify the report right away.
M&S refused to provide comments, and TCS did not promptly reply to a request for comment from newsinpo.site.
The cyberattack announced by M&S in April is expected to result in approximately £300 million ($404.9 million) of lost operating profit for the company, with disruptions to their online services potentially lasting until July.
($1 = 0.7409 pounds)
(DhanushVignesh Babu reported from Bengaluru; Edited by Mrigank Dhaniwali)
