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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: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 09 2018, @09:53AM (1 child)
the next time a utility asks for your DOB, driver's licence or anything else they don't actually need
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 09 2018, @11:07PM
Except that airlines require all your personal info so they can prove to FBI and MI5 that they checked you out for terroristic tendencies and could find no evidence of islam in your dossier. That's why it's a good idea to buy a pound of bacon every couple of weeks using your credit card... it shows that you're on the right team.