Millions hit by Carphone Warehouse cyber-attack

Its investigation found that the names, addresses and bank details of up to 2.4 million customers may have been exposed, along with the encrypted credit card data of up to 90,000 customers.

The Telegraph online reported that the division controls websites OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk, as well as providing services to TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile and iD mobile network.

The company said in a statement that it had learned of the data breach on August. 5 and had taken immediate action to secure the systems. It put it hung available extraneous security features to stop further strikes.

UK-based Carphone Warehouse is the latest to admit to a security violation.

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“Currys and PCWorld and the vast majority of Carphone Warehouse customer data is held on separate systems and has not been accessed during this incident”, the retailer said in a statement. He tweeted: “This is the #Infosec department at #carphonewarehouse – sorry we can’t take your call right now – all of our agents are busy just now…”

And if you do get a call from someone asking for your bank details or any other personal information, claiming that they’re from Carphone Warehouse or any other organisation, NEVER give out this info.

The company is investigating how the information was accessed.

“There will always be more cyber criminals looking to exploit the situation and trick you into sharing information a legitimate company would never ask for”.