ICO fines Dixons £500,000 over cyber attack
Dixons Stores Group has been fined £500,000 following a cyber-attack which affected at least 14 million people.
DSG declined to comment when asked whether the group had cyber insurance in place.
An Information Commissioner’s Office investigation found that an attacker installed malware on 5,390 tills at DSG’s
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