British Airways Hacked!
380,000 British Airways passengers affected by a large-scale hack on the BA website and mobile app discovered on Thursday. According to the airline, both personal information, including passenger names and home addresses, as well as financial information, including credit card numbers, expiry dates and CVV codes, compromised. The breach comes just days after American Airlines flight attendants picketed their own company headquarters in response to a new attendance and performance policy they’re calling “inhumane” and “ridiculous.” The aviation industry, it would seem, is going through some serious turbulence.
BRITISH AIRWAYS HACKED
According to British Airways C.E.O. Alex Cruz, the airline learned of the breach on Thursday and began communicating with passengers within a matter of hours. Cruz has called the attack “malicious” and “sophisticated,” adding that the first time the airline’s website has been hacked since its launch more than two decades ago. BA also wrote up an F.A.Q. aimed at affected passengers, which gives a bit more detail into how the airline dealing with the attack. In the F.A.Q., BA repeatedly urges customers to contact their bank or credit card provider and follow their instructions to minimize any potential financial losses.
DATA AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!
The problem with a data breach is not the breach itself, but what that breach makes possible. It’s a matter of what fraudsters will choose to do once they have your information in hand. The obvious answers are access your bank account. Open new bank and credit card accounts in your name or use your personal. And financial details to make fraudulent purchases.
With the proliferation of the dark web, though, hackers are just as likely to sell your data. To other criminals—criminals who often have a far more malicious, and targeted, intent. Hence, Fraud today often extremely specialized, with several layers of middlemen between the highly sophisticated hackers. Therefore, Who gain access to your data and those who actually exploit it. Since, Some security experts suggest that it very likely the data stolen by the British Airways hackers. Already available for sale on the dark web. And, is worth a cumulative price tag in the tens of millions of dollars.
OUR OTHER DOMAINS!
1. ATOM DRONES
2. AVIATOR FLIGHT
3. MALL OF AVIATION
4. FIRST COCKPIT
