Hackers attempted to compromise 5.9 million cards and 1.2 million personal data. 105,000 non-EU issued payment cards which do not have chip and pin protection have been compromised. Dixons Carphone Chief Executive, Alex Baldock, said, We are extremely disappointed and sorry for any upset this may cause. The protection of our data has to be at the heart of our business, and weve fallen short here Data breaches must be reported to the data protection authority within 72 hours of discovery.”]