Cyber criminals steal bank card details of 380,000 BA customers who used website and app in huge data breach
The bank card details of almost 400,000 British Airways customers have been stolen in one of the most serious cyber attacks to hit a UK history.
Shockingly, the breach began 16 days ago, but was not detected by the airline until Wednesday night.
It affects all 380,000 customers who booked flights online or via the BA app during that time using a debit or credit card.
BA has insisted it had told customers about the security breach as soon as it could and it had now called in the police.
But the cyber failure is a blow to the airline’s once-renowned reputation for customer service with some victims vowing never to use them again.
BA chief executive Alex Cruz said: ‘We are deeply sorry for the disruption that this criminal activity has caused. We take the protection of our customers’ data very seriously.’
The stolen data did not include passport details but did include 'personal information, the airline said.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
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