Retailers must focus on cyber security

Since the cyber attack on eBay last month retailers have been putting up their defences to keep hackers at bay from consumers' credit card and personal information. The breach of eBay followed the attack on high street giant Target last December, where similarly hackers were able to gain

passwords, telephone and address details from the retail website, not to mention vital credit card information.

Retailers are a huge target for hackers

Tony Caine, European vice-president of enterprise security at Hewlett-Packard told the FT: "Retailers are a huge target for hackers seeking credit card information, and new threats are resulting in more complex attacks.”