There is report showing that up to 2.4 million of Carphone Warehouse customers may have had their data breached due to the company research.

According to new resource of the mobile phone retailer, indicating the data of Carphone Warehouse customer has been accessed during a cyber attack, via clicking Sky news.

The company had made the announcement for this issue. During the statement, the company reported that 90,000 customers may be in risks of data breach of their encrypted credit card details during the attack on August 5.

The ” sophisticated” cyber attack was carried out on one of Carphone Warehouse’s divisions and that a top cyber security firm has been brought in.

Sebastian Jame, chief executive of the retailer’s owner Dixons Carphone stated in a statement that they seriously protect the security of customer data. And they felt sorry for the those people who’s data have been affected by the cyber attack on their systems.

The company would acknowledge those people who may have been affected on their data. What is more, the company will make related measures to handle this issue so that to protect their customers’ data safety.