DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

Dixons Carphone is fined for £500,000 from the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), following a cyber attack that affected millions of customers.

Cyber criminals had compromised the retailer’s payment systems and siphoned off the credit and debit card information of 14 million customers.

Source: https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/dixons-carphone-hit-with-500000-fine-for-massive-data-breach

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/dixons-carphone-plc

"id": "dix222961222",
"linkid": "dixons-carphone-plc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '14 million',
                        'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'Dixons Carphone',
                        'type': 'Retailer'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Payment Systems Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'number_of_records_exposed': '14 million',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Credit and debit card '
                                             'information'},
 'description': 'Dixons Carphone is fined for £500,000 from the ICO '
                '(Information Commissioner’s Office), following a cyber attack '
                'that affected millions of customers. Cyber criminals had '
                'compromised the retailer’s payment systems and siphoned off '
                'the credit and debit card information of 14 million '
                'customers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Credit and debit card information',
            'financial_loss': '£500,000 fine',
            'legal_liabilities': 'Fined by ICO',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High',
            'systems_affected': 'Payment systems'},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'regulatory_compliance': {'fines_imposed': '£500,000'},
 'threat_actor': 'Cyber Criminals',
 'title': 'Dixons Carphone Cyber Attack',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}