• NCC Group analysis flagged rising cyber risk for retailers following incidents affecting TFG London brands, ASOS, potential H&M exposure.
• Retailers seen as prime targets due to valuable customer data holdings and broad attack surfaces across digital commerce ecosystems.
• Customer personal data can enable phishing that impersonates trusted brands, even without confirmed payment or credential compromise.
• Threat risk expected to intensify into Black Friday, raising disruption risk and potential ransomware extortion pressure.
• Focus urged on third-party suppliers, data location, access controls, supplier security standards, threat-actor tactics to strengthen resilience.

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