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Hackers Steal Bank Card Details Of 6 Million Dixons Carphone Customers - mothered - 06-14-2018
Greetings to all,
This has been labelled as the worst Cyber attack In British history, whereby hackers breached payment cards & personal data from an electronics/tech company named Dixons Carphone. Apparently, the hackers had back-end access for almost a year without being noticed.
Quote:One of the worst British cyber attacks was only discovered after the hackers had been inside the system for almost a year.
Unbeknown to electronics giant Dixons Carphone, hackers were able to steal the bank details of 5.9million payment cards and the personal data records of a further 1.2million.
The major data breach involved shoppers at Currys PC World and Dixons Travel but bosses insist there is no sign of any related fraud.
Access was also gained to non-financial personal data, such as addresses, names and email information.
The retailer said 5.9million of the payment cards targeted were protected by chip and Pin, but that around 105,000 non-EU cards without chip and Pin protection were compromised.
The company is urging customers to take protective measures, but said there is no evidence of fraud on the cards at this stage.
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