Chitchat British Airways Hacked! 400k Customers Credit Card Details Stolen!

[JohnTan]

Nearly 400,000 passengers have been caught up in yet another PR disaster for British Airways, with the airline the victim of a “sophisticated and malicious” security hack.

The stolen information did not include travel or passport details, the British flag carrier said, but warned that customers should check with their banks and credit card providers for suspicious activity.

How to find out if your data was compromised

BA said that the hack related to bookings made or changed between 10.58pm on August 21 and 9.45pm on September 5. “We will be contacting affected customers directly to advise them of what has happened,” the airline said on its website.
However, social media is awash with travellers who say the first they learned of the threat to their details was on the news.

BA said it was advising those affected to contact their banks or credit cards providers and follow their recommendations.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/ba-british-airways-data-hack-compensation/

 

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Thanks goodness I dont take pommie airlines,,,,never did like pommie land anyway

British Airways data breach affects almost 400,000 customers, airline promises compensation
Updated about 8 hours ago

PHOTO: British Airways said it is "100 per cent committed" to compensating customers. (AP: Frank Augstein)
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Hackers have obtained the credit card details of some 380,000 British Airways travellers during a two-week data breach that left the customers vulnerable to financial fraud, the airline says.

Key points:

• Hackers stole card numbers, expiration dates and security codes
• BA's CEO said it was a "sophisticated, malicious" attack
• Some travellers said they noticed fraudulent activity before the breach was detected

British Airways CEO Alex Cruz said enough data was stolen to allow criminals to use credit card information for illicit purposes, and police were investigating.

"We know that the information that has been stolen is name, address, email address, credit card information," he told the BBC.

"That would be credit card number, expiration date and the three-letter code in the back of the credit card."​

Mr Cruz said the carrier was "deeply sorry" for the disruption caused by the attack which was unprecedented in the more than 20 years that BA had operated online.

He said the attackers had not broken the airline's encryption but did not explain exactly how they had obtained the customer information.

He added that no passport data had been obtained in what he called a "very sophisticated, malicious criminal attack," but that British Airways is "100 per cent committed" to compensating customers.

The hack was not discovered until September 5 and has now been resolved, officials said.

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https://twitter.com/VictoriaLIVE/status/1037997729941577728

"They'll know exactly when to burgle my house."

Colin Harbour, who's a British Airways data theft victim, fears BA may not have revealed the full extent of information compromised from his account.#VictoriaLIVE
5:35 PM - Sep 7, 2018

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British Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said the Government was aware of the cyberattack and authorities were working to better understand the incident.

"We are aware of the reports and the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency are working to better understand what has happened," she said.

Some angry travellers complained to Britain's Press Association that they had already noted bogus activity on credit cards that had been used to make British Airways bookings during the time when the breach was undetected.

The hack once again puts the spotlight on the strength of the IT systems at major companies as they expand their digital services.

British Airways experienced an IT-related crisis in May last year when roughly 75,000 passengers were stranded, after the airline cancelled more than 700 flights over three days because of system problems.

In the US, Delta Airlines said in April that payment-card information for several hundred thousand customers could have been exposed by a malware breach months earlier. The same breach also hit Sears Holdings Corp, which operates Kmart stores in the US.

AP

 

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at least the brits recognise their shortcoming and compensate other for loss of data.

the #chibai minister and chief of data bureau r so unprofessional and they and their familee should go commit hari kiri for the singhealth incident