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posted by janrinok on Tuesday August 11 2015, @12:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the haven't-I-heard-this-story-before?-again dept.

http://www.pymnts.com/news/2015/uk-retail-hack-hits-2-4m-consumers/

A British mobile phone retailer has fallen victim to a customer data breach.

Carphone Warehouse reported on Saturday (Aug. 8) that up to 2.4 million of its customers may have had their personal data accessed in a cyberattack, while encrypted credit card details may have been breached for as many as 90,000 of them, according to BBC News.

The retailer's owner, Dixons Carphone, told the BBC that the "vast majority" of Carphone Warehouse customers are unaffected. Via the outlet, the hack affected some of the company's separately managed divisions, including OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk.

The BBC adds that Dixons also provides services to iD Mobile, TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile and some Carphone Warehouse customers.


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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Tuesday August 11 2015, @11:17PM

    by darkfeline (1030) on Tuesday August 11 2015, @11:17PM (#221491) Homepage

    We get this kind of news once or twice a week. That's kind of a problem.

    Imagine if banks were losing all of their money every week. They'd get hit with so many regulations it wouldn't even be funny for regulation lovers.

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