Britain’s biggest cyber watchdog laid down the law on mega retailer, The Carphone Warehouse, after they neglected to update a WordPress installation on one of its websites, which resulted in unauthorized access to the personal data of 3.3 million customers and 1,000 employees. Additionally, the U.K. Commissioners Office reported that the compromised customer data included names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, marital status and – for more than 18,000 customers – historical payment card data.
Carphone Warehouse employees, meanwhile, saw their name, phone numbers, and car registration numbers get exposed. Carphone Warehouse was slapped with a $675,000 fine for their cyber security negligence and for putting their customer and employee data at risk. Although it wasn’t noted, it’s likely Carphone Warehouse paid out additional fees to investigate this cyber attack and protect their data post-breach.
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