British Airways gets fined R430 million for data breach

[Hanno Labuschagne]

British Airways gets fined R430 million for data breach

British Airways was fined 20 million pounds (R430 million) by the U.K. data protection watchdog over a breach that compromised the personal and financial details of more than 400,000 customers, a cut to a much heftier fine initially planned by the regulator.

The U.K. Information Commissioners’ Office on Friday said its investigation into a 2018 cyber attack at the company found that “the airline was processing a significant amount of personal data without adequate security measures in place,” exposing people’s data unnecessarily.

The fine is the ICO’s biggest so far.

[Bloomberg]

 

[MirageF1]

Lol you can't trust anyone these days.
Fact of modern techno life.

 

[wernervn]

What about Experian?

 

[RonSwanson]

What about Experian?

Pansy Tlaluka will write them a very sternly worded letter.

 

[mercurial]

What about Experian?

And Hippo.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

What about Experian?

my thoughts exactly, sure EU have GDPR and its in enforceable effect but that was only 400k records, a far cry from the number Experian just handed over.

 

[Willie Trombone]

my thoughts exactly, sure EU have GDPR and its in enforceable effect but that was only 400k records, a far cry from the number Experian just handed over.

Well to be fair, storing credit card info in plain text in BA's case is a bit further down the road. That said, BA were fined by the government that oversees them. Experian... *cough*

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Well to be fair, storing credit card info in plain text in BA's case is a bit further down the road. That said, BA were fined by the government that oversees them. Experian... *cough*

Yup, the BA leak can be used more directly for fraud. The Experian one though is already proving to be a goldmine for identity theft and other fraudulent activities.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Yup, the BA leak can be used more directly for fraud. The Experian one though is already proving to be a goldmine for identity theft and other fraudulent activities.

True. The Experian one is the gift that will keep giving into the future. Cancelling your CC is a simple solution to the BA issue.
Talking about that... I don't think I've used BA in about 5 years so I should be OK on that front.