British Airways Hacked – More than 380,000 Payment Cards Compromised

British Airways Hacked, customers who made the booking through the website or mobile app from August 21, 2018, to September 5, 2018, are affected.

The attackers stole personal and financial details of 380,000 customers who made the booking through the website ba.com and mobile app.

British Airways confirmed that travel details, passport details, and stored payment card details are not affected.

British Airways spokesperson said “a third-party noticed some unusual activity and informed us about it. We immediately acted to close down the issue, and started an investigation as a matter of urgency.”

BA said that breach has been resolved now and the website is working normally now and they reported to the relevant authorities.

Also, the company started to email customers who could potentially be affected by this issue and BA requested the reset the ba.com account passwords.

“The incident has been resolved and ba.com is working normally so future bookings will not be affected, all customers booked on our flights will be able to check in as normal.” reads the company statement.

Last month a similar incident happened with Air Canada, as the attackers gained access to the mobile App and accessed more than 20,000 user accounts without proper authorization.

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