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The retailer has not said what took out its online ordering systems and left empty shelves in stores, but the BBC has been told by security experts that ransomware called DragonForce was used.

Increasing staff numbers was tested in a handful of stores around the time Mr Niccol joined the firm in September 2024.

M&S has not said what or who knocked out its online ordering systems, paused deliveries and left empty shelves in stores.

The Little Saigon community expanded into neighboring cities, and in the 1980s, its restaurants, cafes, jewelry and fabric shops and grocery stores started to attract attention throughout California.

Some Marks & Spencer stores have been left with empty shelves as the retailer continues to struggle with a cyber attack affecting its operations.