Can HR learn from the Dixons Carphone data breach?

Dixons Carphone has announced it was the victim of a hack in which millions of customer bank card details were targeted.

According to Sky News, the firm has experienced an “unauthorised data access”, which could compromise the data of 5.9million cards in one of its processing systems for Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores.

The company believes the hacking attempts began last July but there is no current evidence of any fraudulent use of information so far.

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