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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 10 2018, @10:59AM
BankInfoSecurity quotes him :- 'We are deeply sorry for the disruption that this criminal activity has caused.'
But the BBC quotes him :- 'We are committed to working with any customer who may have been financially affected by this attack, and we will compensate them for any financial hardship that they may have suffered.'
First one accepting accountability; second one weaselly and mealy-mouthed.
Which one's real and which one's fake?