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1 | 0380,000 Card Payments Compromised In British Airways Breach (sky.com) null/SLASHDOT/0102643378 70\r |
| 2 | i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r | |
| 3 | i from the sorry-not-sorry dept.\r | |
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5 | i Earlier today, British Airways said [1]credit card information\r |
| 6 | i of at least 380,000 customers have been "compromised" in a\r | |
| 7 | i data breach that occurred between August 21 and September 5.\r | |
| 8 | i The information stolen includes customer names, email\r | |
| 9 | i addresses, home addresses and payment card information -- but\r | |
| 10 | i not travel or passport details. Sky News reports:\r | |
| 11 | i \r | |
| 12 | i > In an email to affected customers, BA said: "We're deeply\r | |
| 13 | i sorry, but you may have been affected. We recommend that you\r | |
| 14 | i contact your bank or credit card provider and follow their\r | |
| 15 | i recommended advice. We take the protection of your personal\r | |
| 16 | i information very seriously. Please accept our deepest\r | |
| 17 | i apologies for the worry and inconvenience that this criminal\r | |
| 18 | i activity has caused." The breach has been "resolved" and the\r | |
| 19 | i website is "working normally," it said. In a statement, the\r | |
| 20 | i airline added: "We have notified the police and relevant\r | |
| 21 | i authorities... [and] will continue to keep our customers\r | |
| 22 | i updated with the very latest information. We will be\r | |
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23 | i contacting customers and will manage any claims on an\r |
| 24 | i individual basis."\r | |
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| 28 | i [1] https://news.sky.com/story/ba-calls-in-police-over-custome-\r | |
| 29 | i r-data-theft-from-website-11491980\r | |
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