Cyber attack on Carphone Warehouse results in breach of customer data
Carphone Warehouse has revealed that a recent cyber attack on its servers might have led to the breach of customer details including credit card information.
Dixons Carphone is heading to the US soon, but its business in the UK has just been rocked by a cyber attack affecting millions. The company has apologized for the security lapse and has started notifying customers who might have been affected by the attack, which is said to have took place on the 5th of August.
The customers who use various Carphone Warehouse services such as OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk are said to be affected, in addition to 480,000 Talk Talk Mobile customers. The data of about 2.4 million customers is estimated to have been compromised including the credit card details of nearly 90,000.
