Dixons Carphone shares fall after cyber attack

Shares in the owner of Carphone Warehouse fell today after it revealed that the personal details of up to 2.4 million people may have been stolen when a division of the company was hit by a cyber attack.

Dixons Carphone saw its stock fall nearly 2% in early trading after the group, which also owns the Dixons electrical retail chain, revealed details of the attack on Saturday. Later, the shares were just over 1% lower.