British Airways hack exposes personal and financial details of 380,000 customers

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonSep 7, 2018, 4:41 am259 pts
British Airways has fallen victim to what it describes as a "very sophisticated" attack in which hackers stole financial data relating to hundreds of thousands of customers. The airline revealed that hackers gained access to its systems and managed to remain undetected for two weeks. The theft of data took…

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