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1 | 380,000 CARD PAYMENTS COMPROMISED IN BRITISH AIRWAYS BREACH \r |
2 | (SKY.COM) \r | |
3 | \r | |
4 | Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r | |
5 | from the sorry-not-sorry dept.\r | |
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c715ea02 | 7 | o Reference: 0102643378\r |
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8 | o News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/18/09/07/0247228/380000-card-payments-compromised-in-british-airways-breach\r |
9 | o Source link: https://news.sky.com/story/ba-calls-in-police-over-customer-data-theft-from-website-11491980\r | |
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12 | Earlier today, British Airways said [1]credit card information\r |
13 | of at least 380,000 customers have been "compromised" in a\r | |
14 | data breach that occurred between August 21 and September 5.\r | |
15 | The information stolen includes customer names, email\r | |
16 | addresses, home addresses and payment card information -- but\r | |
17 | not travel or passport details. Sky News reports:\r | |
18 | \r | |
19 | > In an email to affected customers, BA said: "We're deeply\r | |
20 | sorry, but you may have been affected. We recommend that you\r | |
21 | contact your bank or credit card provider and follow their\r | |
22 | recommended advice. We take the protection of your personal\r | |
23 | information very seriously. Please accept our deepest\r | |
24 | apologies for the worry and inconvenience that this criminal\r | |
25 | activity has caused." The breach has been "resolved" and the\r | |
26 | website is "working normally," it said. In a statement, the\r | |
27 | airline added: "We have notified the police and relevant\r | |
28 | authorities... [and] will continue to keep our customers\r | |
29 | updated with the very latest information. We will be\r | |
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30 | contacting customers and will manage any claims on an\r |
31 | individual basis."\r | |
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35 | [1] https://news.sky.com/story/ba-calls-in-police-over-custome-\r | |
36 | r-data-theft-from-website-11491980\r | |
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38 | \r | |
39 | ** when not if (Score:2)\r | |
40 | (by johnsnails ( 1715452 ))\r | |
41 | \r | |
42 | \r | |
43 | when not if\r | |
44 | \r | |
45 | ** And that should be really expensive for them (Score:5,\r | |
46 | Insightful)\r | |
47 | (by gweihir ( 88907 ))\r | |
48 | \r | |
49 | \r | |
50 | Say, $100 per customer, payable to the customer for their\r | |
51 | hassle. But likely this will not cost them a thing. So it will\r | |
52 | happen again and again and again.\r | |
53 | \r | |
54 | ** For 380,000 ... (Score:2)\r | |
55 | (by CaptainDork ( 3678879 ))\r | |
56 | \r | |
57 | \r | |
58 | ... years, the universe was in an expanding opaque plasma state\r | |
59 | so dense that photons could not travel very far.\r | |
60 | Coincidence?\r | |
61 | Yes, I'm sure of it.\r | |
62 | \r | |
63 | ** What else is new. (Score:2)\r | |
64 | (by Hallux-F-Sinister ( 5127197 ))\r | |
65 | \r | |
66 | \r | |
67 | -Sigh-.\r | |
68 | This is why we can’t have nice things.\r | |
69 | \r | |
70 | ** Not enough (Score:2)\r | |
71 | (by hcs_$reboot ( 1536101 ))\r | |
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73 | \r | |
74 | "We take the protection of your personal information very\r | |
75 | seriously" Almost insulting to put that in the email sent to\r | |
76 | affected clients.\r | |
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