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Data Breach Affects Hundreds of Thousands of Delta Air Lines Customers [Updated]

posted by chromas on Friday April 06 2018, @05:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the cyberhaxx dept.

[Updated (2018-04-06 22:18 UTC): According to a report at c|net, the breach also affected: Sears, Kmart, and now Best Buy, too. --martyb]

takyon writes:

Delta Says Data Exposed for 'Several Hundred Thousand' Customers

Delta Air Lines Inc. said a cyber attack on a contractor potentially exposed the payment information of "several hundred thousand customers."

A data breach from Sept. 26 to Oct. 12 at a company called [24]7.ai allowed unauthorized access to customers' names, address, payment-card information, CVV numbers and expiration dates, Delta said in a statement Thursday. The vendor, which provides online chat services to Delta, notified the carrier and other clients last week.

[...] Delta said it wasn't yet able to say how many customers actually had their data stolen. The information was at risk if a customer entered data manually online to complete a payment transaction, Delta said. Data from customers who used a program called Delta Wallet weren't compromised.

Delta statement and response website.

Also at The Verge.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday April 06 2018, @07:18PM (2 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday April 06 2018, @07:18PM (#663522)

    We need a Today's Breach nexus.
    This is getting so systematic and depressingly unpunished, some people will soon want to turn it off like they bypass Politics, Gender studies publications, or Vegan Ramblings.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Friday April 06 2018, @07:40PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday April 06 2018, @07:40PM (#663525) Journal

    But if you turn off Vegan Ramblings, you might get shot up.

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    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday April 06 2018, @08:56PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Friday April 06 2018, @08:56PM (#663545)

      Whether you get shot or not, you successfully get rid of Vegan Ramblings.
      So, in all cases, you get to enjoy a much-improved environment.