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British Airways is warning customers that it suffered a hack attack that compromised up to 380,000 customers' payment cards as well as personal data over a 15-day period. Security experts say all breach victims should immediately contact their credit or debit card provider.
[...] The breach began at 10:58 p.m. on Aug. 21 persisted until 9:45 p.m. British Standard Time on Sept. 5, says the airline, which is part of Madrid-based International Airlines Group.
[...] "We are deeply sorry for the disruption that this criminal activity has caused. We take the protection of our customers' data very seriously," Cruz says in a statement.
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/hacker-flies-away-british-airways-customer-data-a-11474
(Score: 1) by pTamok on Sunday September 09 2018, @08:25AM
The Register: Security: 'World's favorite airline' favorite among hackers: British Airways site, app hacked for two weeks: 380,000 payment cards, personal info slurped by crooks [theregister.co.uk]
The Register: Security: Revealed: British Airways was in talks with IBM on outsourcing security just before hack: El Reg leaked memo sent weeks before crooks swiped payment cards [theregister.co.uk]
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