Two million customers may have had their personal details stolen from electronic retailer CeX after its systems were hacked, the firm said today.<\/p>\n
CeX, which runs the WeBuy electricals buying and selling website, sent out an email last night warning it had \u201cbeen subject to an online security breach\u201d. Formerly Complete Entertainment Exchange, the Watford-based firm was founded in London 25 years ago and now has more than 200 stores internationally.<\/p>\n
Managing director David Mullins said an \u201cunauthorised third party accessed our computer systems\u201d and he believes that \u201csome customer data has been compromised\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u00a0This includes \u201cpersonal information\u201d of first name, surname, address, email address and phone number, and for a \u201csmall number\u201d of customers, also what the company says is encrypted data from expired credit or debit cards.<\/div>\n
CeX called the hack a \u201csophisticated breach\u201d but gave no further details, and advised customers to change their password.<\/p>\n
Mr Mullins said: \u201cWe are investigating this as a priority and are taking a number of measures to prevent this from happening again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two million customers may have had their personal details stolen from electronic retailer CeX after its systems were hacked, the firm said today. CeX, which runs the WeBuy electricals buying and selling website, sent out
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