NEW: The chairman of UK retail giant Marks & Spencer refused to say whether the company paid ransom to hackers who caused outages and empty shelves.
“We don't think it's in the public interest to go into that," Archie Norman told UK parliament members.

Marks & Spencer chair refuses to say if retailer paid hackers after ransomware attack | TechCrunch
The retail giant's chair confirmed the breach was caused by ransomware.

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