Cybersecurity
U.K. Data Watchdog Probes Dixons Hack of 6 Million Bank Cards
- Electronics retailer says data on 1.2 million accessed
- Cyberattack adds to host of challenges facing new CEO Baldock
The attack involved the processing systems of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores, the electronics retailer said Wednesday in a statement.
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The U.K.’s data-protection watchdog said it’s investigating a cyberattack at Dixons Carphone Plc that affected almost 6 million payment cards.
The retailer, already struggling with a slowing mobile-phone market in the U.K. and the rise of Amazon.com Inc., said 1.2 million records containing nonfinancial information such as names, addresses and emails were breached.