Concerns over data hack at UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon

Irish customers may be among hundreds of thousands affected by a cyber attack that stole staff and customer data from pub operator JD Wetherspoon.

A spokesperson for the company, which operates five bars here since entering in 2014 and has plans to double that number in the next 18 months, was unable to confirm whether Irish customers were caught up in the attack that occurred in June but was only uncovered on Tuesday.

Some 655,000 customers have been affected, but only 100 or so who bought Wetherspoon vouchers online before August 2014 were seriously affected by the breach.