A massive cyber attack on the Carphone Warehouse has seen the data of more than two million customers fall into the hands of criminals.
The phone retailer has revealed that data stolen could include names, addresses, dates of birth and bank details.
The company claimed on Saturday evening that no Irish customers were affected, while it emerged that the encrypted credit card information of up to 90,000 customers may also have been accessed.
Sebastian James, group chief executive of Dixons Carphone, said: “We take the security of customer data extremely seriously, and we are very sorry that people have been affected by this attack on our systems.
“We are, of course, informing anyone that may have been affected, and have put in place additional security measures.”
The breach was discovered on Wednesday, with the firm affected running the websites OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk. They also provide services to iD Mobile, TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile and some Carphone Warehouse customers.
The firm said in a statement: “We took immediate action to secure these systems and launched an investigation with a leading cyber security firm to determine exactly what data was affected.
“We have also put in place additional security measures to prevent further attacks.”
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