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That was the message from major UK retailers like Marks & Spencer and the Co-op during recent Parliamentary hearings on cyber resilience. Their stories weren’t hypothetical, they were recovering from real-world incidents involving identity compromise, supply chain breaches, and operational disruption that cost hundreds of millions of pounds. The lesson is clear. Prevention is necessary, but it is no longer enough.

From the passing Telegraph and Guardian coverage to orchestrated BBC and NCSC collaboration, the British media is repeatedly spotlighting Scattered Spider as 2025’s stimulant to jolt organisations into action. While this coverage has dislodged two blatant misconceptions, it has propagated several more subtle ones.