Dixons Carphone’s 2017 data breach was worse than initially anticipated. Carphone Warehouse and Currys PC World owner said the hackers may have accessed personal information of its affected customers including their names, addresses and email addresses. The company said it has now taken action to close off the unauthorized access and has “no evidence it is continuing” The hackers also got access to 5.9 million payments cards used at CurrysPC World and Dixon Travel, but nearly all of those cards were protected by the chip-and-pin system.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/dixons-carphone-data-breach.html