Manchester United facing cyberattack

English Premier League club, Manchester United, will not comment on the cyberattack their system suffered last week that forced them to shut down.

United are still facing serious disruption over this problem and it was described by the club as a “sophisticated” attack, with reports suggesting that hackers have demanded “millions of pounds“.

United have since distanced themselves from suggestions that the hackers still had control of the systems albeit admitting that they still are not able to identify a motive for the attack.

While investigative procedures aimed at recovering internal systems reach an advanced stage, the disruption continues to cause the club major issues The issues include emails not working throughout this week as well as a problem with entry into Old Trafford with the Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir requiring that some administrative functions had to be attended to.

United have worked closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, which provides guidance to companies who have been the victims of cyberattacks, since the hack.

An official statement read: “Following the recent cyber attack on the club, our IT team and external experts secured our networks and have conducted forensic investigations.

“This attack was by nature disruptive, but we are not currently aware of any fan data being compromised.

“Critical systems required for matches to take place at Old Trafford remained secure and games have gone ahead as normal.

“The club will not be commenting on speculation regarding who may have been responsible for this attack or the motives behind it.”

On 13 November, Ticketmaster was handed a £1.25m fine after it was judged to have failed to keep customers’ data secure in a 2018 attack. We await to see how Manchester United moes on from this breach.