The attack on the mobile phone retailer was discovered on Wednesday.It is likely to have included names, addresses, birthdays and bank details.CEO of parent company Dixons Carphone is 'very sorry' at breach, he said

The personal details of up to 2.4million Carphone Warehouse customers may have been accessed after a division of the company was hit by a cyber attack, the mobile phone retailer said today.

The attack, which was discovered on Wednesday, is likely to have included the names, addresses, birthdays and even bank details of customers.

The encrypted credit card information of up to 90,000 customers may also have been accessed, a statement released by the firm warned.

Sebastian James, chief executive of parent company Dixons Carphone, said: 'We took immediate action to secure these systems and launched an investigation with a leading cyber security firm to determine exactly what data was affected.

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