M&S takes more than a year to recover from cyber-attack as profits bounce back to £355m

Sales and profit from clothing and homeware remain below two years ago but ‘brand is in good health’ Marks & Spencer has said a devastating cyber-attack that shut down its website last year continued to hurt clothing sales over the summer, more than a year after the hack. The retailer said profits bounced back to £355m in the six months to 26 September from only £3.4m a year before as it partly recovered from the hack. The attack, which began over Easter 2025, forced it to shut its website, whic