News

Currys-PC World fined £500,000 over cyber attack that compromised 14 million people's personal information

  • None--Computing.co.uk
  • published date: 2020-01-10 11:37:00 UTC

In 2020, Computing and CRN will once again be hosting a festival with content that doesn't shy away from the harsh realities of being a woman within the tech industry. This year will focus on empowerment, development, management, and even the taboo of managin…

DSG Retail, the electrical retailer behind Currys, PC World and Dixons, has been fined £500,000 by the ICO over a pre-GDPR cyber attack that compromised 5,390 cash tills. The attack commenced in July 2017 and was only discovered in April 2018. In total, deta… [+1748 chars]