Carphone Warehouse in HUGE data breach

[Michael Browne]

The mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has announced that they’ve suffered a huge data breach which could lead to the accessing of up to 2.4m of their customers information.

 

Following the breach, the company has investigated and found that the details accessed could have included names, addresses, dates of birth and bank details.

 

This includes up to 90,000 customers who have also had their encrypted credit card information accessed.

 

Customers who've potentially been affected, have received emails about the incident and are encouraged to:

 

Alert your bank and check your statements

Watch out for phishing calls and emails

Check your credit rating to make sure no one has taken out loan and credit in your name

Report fraudulent activity to Action Fraud

 

 

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/information.

[SabreSheep]

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?450282-Carphone-Warehouse-in-customer-data-breach

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?450455-Cyber-attack-on-Carphone-Warehouse-may-affect-2.4-million-customers