British airways victim of theft of customer data

The British airline British Airways has been the victim of a hack, for which the data of 380, 000 customers of the company have been stolen. The data has been stolen through the website and the airline's phone application, as confirmed by the company itself. An investigation has already begun to clarify the causes and origin of this theft.

British Airways victim of theft of customer data

It appears that customer information, including no passport data, has been compromised between August 21 at 11:58 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. on September 5. So for two weeks you have had access to such data.

Hacking on British Airways

During this time, the personal and financial data of customers who made reservations on British Airways using the website or the phone application, could have been stolen. The airline has already contacted these customers, so if you are one of those affected you will have received a message. It is recommended that you contact your bank and may have to cancel your card or change your account. In each case, the bank's recommendation must be followed.

Authorities have already been informed and an investigation is underway. It is unknown what made this information available to attackers or criminals. So there are a lot of questions about it for now. Surely in these weeks data will be arriving.

It is a problem of great magnitude, with more than 380, 000 clients affected. So we will see how this is solved. If you have booked with British Airways on these dates, it is good that you contact the airline and also your bank. We will continue waiting for news in this story.

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