British Airways has fallen victim to what it describes as a "very sophisticated" attack in which hackers stole financial data relating to hundreds of thousands of customers. The airline revealed that hackers gained access to its systems and managed to remain undetected for two weeks. The theft of data took place between August 21 and September 5 and the attackers managed to compromise both the ba.com web site and the airline's mobile app. Speaking to the BBC, Alex Cruz -- chief executive of British Airways -- said that this had been a "sophisticated, malicious criminal attack". In all, 380,000 payment… [Continue Reading]
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