Carphone Warehouse was targeted in a cyberattack which resulted in the personal data breach of millions of its customers.
The hackers breached the IT systems of one of its UK divisions and accessed the personal information including names, addresses, date of birth information, and bank details.
The credit card data of 90,000 customers were also compromised in the attack.
The firm along with the forensic experts investigated the incident and contacted the affected customers by email to inform them about the precautionary steps.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/currysplc
"id": "cur194724422",
"linkid": "currysplc",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "08/2015",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Millions',
'industry': 'Retail',
'location': 'UK',
'name': 'Carphone Warehouse',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': ['Millions',
'90,000 credit card data'],
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Date of birth '
'information',
'Bank details'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal information',
'Bank details',
'Credit card data']},
'description': 'Carphone Warehouse was targeted in a cyberattack which '
'resulted in the personal data breach of millions of its '
'customers. The hackers breached the IT systems of one of its '
'UK divisions and accessed the personal information including '
'names, addresses, date of birth information, and bank '
'details. The credit card data of 90,000 customers were also '
'compromised in the attack.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal information',
'Bank details',
'Credit card data']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Contacted affected customers by email '
'to inform them about the '
'precautionary steps.',
'third_party_assistance': ['Forensic experts']},
'title': 'Carphone Warehouse Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}