Since then new European Union regulations (GDPR) have come into force which greatly raise the maximum penalties which regulators can impose for serious data breaches. The data breach at Dixons Carphone 2015 was worse than it initially admitted. Data relating to three million customers, nearly double the original estimate, could have been hacked. The retailer admitted the attack in June and has been investigating it since then. The company said it was contacting all customers to apologise and tell them what precautions to take. It said there was no evidence the hack was continuing and said it was adding new security measures. In 2015 the company’s Dixons Carphone division suffered an attack involving data from 10 million people and was fined £ 524,000 ($ 524,000 ).
The data breach at Dixons Carphone 2015 was worse than it initially admitted. Data relating to three million customers, nearly double the original estimate, could have been hacked. The retailer admitted the attack in June and has been investigating it since then. The company said it was contacting all customers to apologise and tell them what precautions to take. It said there was no evidence the hack was continuing and said it was adding new security measures. In 2015 the company’s Dixons Carphone division suffered an attack involving data from 10 million people and was fined £ 524,000 ($ 524,000 ).