Hack Attack of the Skies
- October 29th, 2018
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British Airways website was hacked recently, with the possibility that more than 185,000 people have had payment card details stolen in a hack attack on the British Airways website. The cause of this breach was a website compromise that had gone undetected for months, and was only discovered while another breach was investigated in September, which affected 380,000 transactions. The breach appears to have been exploited by the same group. There is also talk of British Airways and their parent company facing fines as a result. Constant vigilance is required of all companies and financial groups in these days, as the fallout from hacks and security breaches is devastating in the sense of data loss, loss of public trust and confidence, and the financial repercussions. Frequent patches and updates to websites and programs are also needed.
-Sarah
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45953237