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RiskIQ: British Airways Breach Ties to Cybercrime Group
2018-09-11 16:33

Magecart Gang Tweaked Script on BA's Server to Scrape Card Data, Researchers SayThe British Airways breach, in which up to 380,000 website and mobile users' payment card details were stolen,...

British Airways, Another Victim of Ongoing Magecart Attacks
2018-09-11 15:24

The data breach that British Airways said last week to have impacted 380,000 of its users was caused by an attack from Magecart, a threat group known for the use of web-based card skimmers.  read more

Law firm seeking leak victims to launch £500m suit at British Airways
2018-09-11 15:20

Prosecutors rub their hands with glee British Airways faces a £500m lawsuit over its recent mega-breach that exposed payment card details of 380,000 customers.…

British Airways breach was effected by Magecart attackers
2018-09-11 14:49

The British Airways breach was the work of a well-known criminal group dubbed Magecart, which managed to put payment card skimming code on the company’s website, says RiskIQ researcher Yonathan...

Magecart Group Pinned in Recent British Airways Breach
2018-09-11 12:54

The Magecart Group has been blamed for the British Airways breach that compromised 380k payment cards.

British Airways hack: Infosec experts finger third party scripts on payment pages
2018-09-11 10:37

Airline yet to reveal breach's cause Security experts are debating the cause of the British Airways mega-breach, with external scripts on its payment systems emerging as a prime suspect in the hack.…

British Airways Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
2018-09-10 12:18

GDPR Privacy Law Lets Breach Victims Seek 'Non-Material Damage' CompensationBritish Airways has been threatened with a class-action lawsuit in U.K. court after warning that a hacker stole payment...

Revealed: British Airways in talks with IBM on outsourcing security
2018-09-07 16:20

El Reg given leaked memo sent weeks before breach Exclusive Just weeks before a mega-breach, British Airways' (BA) parent was planning to outsource its cybersecurity to IBM, admitting it needed a...

British Airways Website, Mobile App Breach Compromises 380k
2018-09-07 15:36

The airline said information like name, address and bank card details like CVC code were compromised.

Financial info of 380,000 British Airways customers stolen in site, app breach
2018-09-07 15:12

British Airways has suffered a data breach and has confirmed that personal and financial details of some 380,000 customers have been compromised. About the breach “From 22:58 BST August 21 2018...