Marks & Spencer has warned shoppers to be on the lookout for scam calls and emails after hackers stole customer data from its systems.
The retailer is this week writing to customers to alert them that personal data have been taken by cyber criminals, including partial credit card details, contact information, dates of birth and order histories. It admitted that the hackers may have accessed “masked” payment details – typically the final four digits of a card used for payment. While this cannot be used to make a payment, it could be useful information for scammers to trick victims into handing over their full credit card numbers.
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Source: Yahoo News
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