Four arrested over cyber-attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods

Four arrested on suspicion of breaching Computer Misuse Act, blackmail, money laundering and joining activities of organised crime

Four people have been arrested at addresses in the West Midlands, Staffordshire and London as part of an investigation into a trio of cyber-attacks on Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods.

The National Crime Agency said two 19-year-old men, a 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman had been apprehended on suspicion of breaching the Computer Misuse Act, blackmail, money laundering and joining the activities of organised crime.