British lender Wonga warns customers of personal data hack


  • TECH
  • Monday, 10 Apr 2017

Guilty plea: A Ukrainian computer hacker pleaded guilty on Jan 20 to using more than 13,000 computers to steal log-in and credit card data, US federal prosecutors said.

LONDON: British lender Wonga has warned customers in Britain and Poland that their personal data may have been stolen in the latest major corporate security breach.

Cyber attacks have recently affected other British banks, businesses and institutions, including Tesco Bank, Lloyds, Talk-Talk, and the National Health Service.

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