NCA arrests four in connection with UK retail ransomware attacks

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four individuals suspected of being involved with the big three cyberattacks on UK retail businesses in recent weeks.

The agency confirmed it arrested all four in their homes this morning. The suspects included two young men from the West Midlands, a Brit aged 17 and a Latvian national aged 19; one 19-year-old British man from London; and a British woman aged 20 from Staffordshire.

Senior officials at the NCA said the four individuals are thought to be involved in all three retail attacks on M&S, Co-op, and Harrods.

Details about the quartet and their identities are being kept largely under wraps by officers for various reasons, including affording them a right to a fair trial, safeguarding concerns, and for other matters which are not reportable at this time.

The NCA noted:

"There has been speculation around the identities of those suspected to ...