GB Carphone Warehouse 2015 Hacking (Q11266)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | GB Carphone Warehouse 2015 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2015
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Carphone Warehouse has taken three days to go public about a serious data breach affecting nearly 2.5 million customers __ with the confession that up to 90,000 subscribers may have had their credit card info ransacked. The company said on Saturday afternoon that it had first discovered its systems had been violated by a sophisticated cyber-attack on 5 August. Encrypted credit card data of up to 90,000 customers may have been lifted by malefactors, it added. Carphone Warehouse said its websites OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk had been affected by the attack. Those sites provide services for customers at iD Mobile, TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile and an undisclosed number of Carphone Warehouse customers. In the past hour, The Register has heard from readers who have only ju (English)
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