<ul><li>UK-based hacking group Scattered Spider has shifted its cyber-attack focus from British retailers to US retailers, including Marks & Spencer and the Co-op.</li><li>Google cybersecurity experts warn US retailers of potential cyber threats from Scattered Spider, emphasizing the group's tactics of impersonating employees to gain access to company systems.</li><li>Scattered Spider members based in the UK are facilitating cyber intrusions, prompting warnings from the UK's National Cyber Security Agency to review IT help desk procedures.</li><li>The group, consisting of native English speakers from the UK, US, and Canada, engages in ransomware and extortion operations targeting US retail sectors, as highlighted by Google Threat Intelligence Group analysts.</li></ul>

UK-based Scattered Spider hackers turning attention to US retailers

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