Dixons Carphone Breach Hits 5.9 Million Cards

guest · Jun 13, 2018

Dixons Carphone Breach Hits 5.9 Million Cards
June 13, 2018
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/dixons-carphone-breach-hits-59m/

Millions of Dixons Carphone customers have had their financial and personal data illegally accessed after a major breach at the UK company.

The high street retailer claimed in a notice today that “there was an attempt to compromise 5.9 million cards in one of the processing systems of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores.”

However, it was quick to add that 5.8 million of these cards had chip and PIN protection, and that the data stolen did not include pin codes, card verification values (CVV) or authentication data – making it more difficult for the hackers to monetize the breached data.

Only 105,000 non-EU issued payment cards are at risk as they aren’t chip and PIN protected, meaning they could be cloned.
The electronics retailer also admitted that hackers have accessed but not exfiltrated personal data on 1.2 million customers including names, addresses and email addresses.
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stapp · Jul 31, 2018

Dixons Carphone admits data breach now affects 10 million
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45016906

guest · Jan 9, 2020

Currys PC World parent firm hit with £500k fine over historic data breach
Hackers said to have stolen data belonging to 14 million customers over a nine-month period
January 9, 2020
https://www.itpro.co.uk/policy-legi...c-world-parent-firm-hit-with-ps500k-fine-over

The parent company of Currys PC World has been fined £500,000 after its point of sale system was breached by hackers, thought to have affected around 14 million customers.

Between July 2017 and April 2018, hackers were able to install malware onto 5,390 computer systems and tills located at Currys PC World and Dixon Travel outlets, both owned by DSG Retail Limited, according to an investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office.
It's believed 5.6 million payment card records used in transactions were accessed as a result, as well as the personal information of 14 million people, including full names, postcodes, email addresses and information related to failed credit checks.

The ICO said that DSG Retail, which also owns the Carphone Warehouse brand, was in breach of the 1998 act as it had failed to maintain adequate security measures to protect its data.

"The contraventions in this case were so serious that we imposed the maximum penalty under the previous legislation, but the fine would inevitably have been much higher under the GDPR."
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Data watchdog slaps £500,000 fine on Dixons Carphone for data breach

Dixons Carphone subsidiary DSG Retail Limited did not keep its software up to date or install a local firewall, the ICO said.
This allowed hackers to put malware on 5,390 tills at Currys PC World and Dixons Travel, harvesting data for nine months.
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