Malware loaded onto more than 5k cash tills but pre-GDPR screw-up means retailer dodged bigger financial bullet
Dixons Retail is facing a £500,000 penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a hacker installed malware that infected thousands of point of sale tills and scooped up 5.6 million payment card details.
A probe by the UK’s data watchdog said the computer system managing the till was compromised, impacting 5,390 machines at Curries PC World and Dixons Travel stores between July 2017 and April 2018 when the attack was finally spotted.
As a result, a total of 5,646,417 cards were exposed, including 5,529,349 chip and PIN cards that showed the primary account number and expiry date, and 52,788, non EMV protected cards likely from ..
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