{"id":386269,"date":"2020-11-20T17:36:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T22:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=386269"},"modified":"2020-11-20T17:36:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T22:36:18","slug":"manchester-united-plc-update-on-cyber-security-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/manchester-united-plc-update-on-cyber-security-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Plc Update on Cyber Security Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Manchester United Plc Update on Cyber Security Breach<\/b><\/p>\n<p>MANCHESTER, England&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nManchester United Plc (NYSE: MANU) can confirm that the club has experienced a cyber attack on its systems. The club has taken swift actions to contain the attack and is currently working with expert advisers to investigate the incident and minimize the ongoing IT disruption.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAlthough this is a sophisticated operation by organized cyber criminals, the club has extensive protocols and procedures in place for such an event and had rehearsed for this risk. Our cyber defenses identified the attack and shut down affected systems to contain the damage and protect data.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nClub media channels, including our website and mobile app, are unaffected and we are not currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans or customers. All critical systems required for matches to take place at Old Trafford remain secure and operational and tomorrow\u2019s game against West Bromwich Albion will go ahead.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20201120005752r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20201120005752\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20201120005752\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Investor Relations<\/i><\/b><i>:<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>Corinna Freedman<br \/>\n<br \/>Head of Investor Relations<br \/>\n<br \/>+44 161 868 8431<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:Corinna.Freedman@manutd.co.uk\">Corinna.Freedman@manutd.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Media Relations<\/i><\/b><i>:<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>Charlie Brooks<br \/>\n<br \/>Director of Communications<br \/>\n<br \/>+44 788 126 8501<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:charlie.brooks@manutd.co.uk\">charlie.brooks@manutd.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> United Kingdom Europe<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Sports Soccer<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20201120005752\/en\/390921\/3\/Manchester_United_Tonal_Crest-nov.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United Plc Update on Cyber Security Breach MANCHESTER, England&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Manchester United Plc (NYSE: MANU) can confirm that the club has experienced a cyber attack on its systems. The club has taken swift actions to contain the attack and is currently working with expert advisers to investigate the incident and minimize the ongoing IT disruption. Although this is a sophisticated operation by organized cyber criminals, the club has extensive protocols and procedures in place for such an event and had rehearsed for this risk. Our cyber defenses identified the attack and shut down affected systems to contain the damage and protect data. Club media channels, including our website and mobile app, are unaffected and we are not currently aware &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/manchester-united-plc-update-on-cyber-security-breach\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Manchester United Plc Update on Cyber Security Breach&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United Plc Update on Cyber Security Breach - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/manchester-united-plc-update-on-cyber-security-breach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester United Plc Update on Cyber Security Breach - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester United Plc Update on Cyber Security Breach MANCHESTER, England&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Manchester United Plc (NYSE: MANU) can confirm that the club has experienced a cyber attack on its systems. The club has taken swift actions to contain the attack and is currently working with expert advisers to investigate the incident and minimize the ongoing IT disruption. Although this is a sophisticated operation by organized cyber criminals, the club has extensive protocols and procedures in place for such an event and had rehearsed for this risk. Our cyber defenses identified the attack and shut down affected systems to contain the damage and protect data. 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