Hacking targets customers of Currys PC World
Written by News on 13/06/2018
Dixons Carphone says it has been the victim of an “unauthorised data access” in which millions of customer bank card details were targeted.
The company said there was there was an attempt to compromise 5.9 million cards in one of its processing systems for Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores.
It said there was currently no evidence of any fraudulent use of the information – with the vast majority of the cards having chip and pin protection.
However, it added that the company said it had notified card providers to 105,000 non-EU issued cards which did not have chip and pin technology so those customers could be immediately protected.
In addition, Dixons Carphone said 1.2 million personal data records were hacked.
It admitted non-financial personal data, such as name, address or email address, was accessed but it again insisted that it had seen no evidence of any fraud at this stage.
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