By Imogen Howse ( October 8, 2026, 16:41 GMT | Insight) -- Currys, formerly DSG Retail, has agreed to pay £200,000 to settle a long-running dispute over a penalty for a cyberattack that happened almost a decade ago, the Information Commission’s Office, or ICO, the UK's privacy regulator, has said. During the incident, an attacker installed malware on more than 5,000 tills at Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores which affected more than 5.6 million payment cards between July 2017 and April 2018.Currys, formerly DSG Retail, has agreed to pay £200,000 ($265,000) to settle a long-running dispute over a penalty for a cyberattack that happened almost a decade ago, the UK's privacy regulator has said....
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