British airways hacking card cloning malware

This past week, British Airways was the protagonist after revealing that they had suffered a hack. As a consequence, some 380, 000 airline customers have been affected and their data has been stolen, including possibly credit card data. The company launched an investigation, and it appears that the cause of the investigation is already known.

British Airways hack card cloning malware

Apparently, months ago a malware was installed on the website of the well-known airline. It is a card cloning malware, which has been active on your website for months.

Malware on British Airways

Due to this malware, attackers were able to extract the personal information of customers who made a reservation with British Airways. So they obtained personal data, including their payment details. Then all this data was sent to a server in Romania. It appears that behind this attack are the same hackers that attacked Ticketmaster in June.

Although the attack the airline has suffered has been somewhat different, in the sense that different tools have been used in this case. Besides that the modus operandi has not been the same. Meanwhile, the investigation is ongoing.

British Airways is currently looking for solutions for its customers. Since in the event that they have suffered losses in their bank account as a result of this attack, the company will compensate consumers. At the moment it is unknown how many users have been victims of theft of money in their account.

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