Harrods has confirmed it is the latest retailer to have been targeted in a cyber attack. The firm said in a statement it had "restricted internet access" at its sites after an attempt to gain access to its systems. It comes as Marks & Spencer continues to deal with a cyber attack which has cost it millions of pounds in lost sales.

Harrods told the BBC its flagship store in London remains open and online sales continue to function. In a statement, Harrods said: "We recently experienced attempts to gain unauthorised access to some of our systems. Our seasoned IT security team immediately took proactive steps to keep systems safe and as a result we have restricted internet access at our sites today.

"Currently all sites including our Knightsbridge store, H beauty stores and airport stores remain open to welcome customers. Customers can also continue to shop via harrods.com. We are not asking our customers to do anything differently at this point and we will continue to provide updates as necessary."

News of the cyber attack comes after Marks & Spencer confirmed on Thursday that it has pulled all online job ads from its website as tech experts try to fix problems on its platforms.

A message on the company's jobs website said: "Sorry you can't search or apply for roles right now, we're working hard to be back online as soon as possible."

The company had no jobs listed anywhere across its UK business despite having more than 200 job openings this time last week.

M&S employs about 65,000 people across its head office and stores. It is more than a week after the retail giant's IT systems were first hit in a major ransomware attack.

At the time of writing, the retailer was still not taking online orders and the availability of some products in its stores was impacted after it took some systems offline.

M&S first reported problems over the Easter weekend when it stopped taking click-and-collect orders and saw contactless payments impacted by what the retailer called a "cyber incident". It has since restarted contactless payments.

Scotland Yard confirmed on Wednesday (April 30) that it is investigating a cyber attack.

In a separate incident, retailer The Co-op shut off parts of its IT systems yesterday after an attempted hack.

It said some of its back office and call centre services were affected but all stores, including grocery and funeral homes, were trading as usual.

The BBC reported on Thursday that staff at the business are being ordered to keep cameras on and verify identities on all remote work meetings.