British Airways
ICO to fine British Airways £183.39 million under GDPR over 2018 breach
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office intends to fine British Airways £183.39 million over a breach that compromised the personal data of some 500,000 customers. In October of 2018, the self-touted “world’s favorite ...
British Airways faces record £183 million GDPR fine after data breach
British Airways is facing a record fine of £183 million, after its systems were breached by hackers last year and the personal and payment card information of around 500,000 customers were stolen ...
Learning from the Big Data Breaches of 2018
Guest article by Cybersecurity ProfessionalsWhat can we learn from the major data breaches of 2018?2018 was a major year for cybersecurity. With the introduction of GDPR, the public’s awareness of their cyber ...
Cyber Security Roundup for November 2018
One of the largest data breaches in history was announced by Marriott Hotels at the end of November. A hack was said to have compromised up to a mind-blowing "half a Billion" ...
Airlines and Personal Data: A Flight of Fancy
When you purchase a ticket for a flight, be it domestic or international, most are thinking of the purpose of that ticket: to travel from point A to point B. Those invested ...
Cyber Security Roundup for October 2018
Aside from Brexit, Cyber Threats and Cyber Attack accusations against Russia are very much on the centre stage of UK government's international political agenda at the moment. The government publically accused Russia's ...
Most GandCrab Ransomware Victims Can Now Recover Their Files for Free
Businesses and home users affected by the latest versions of GandCrab ransomware can now recover their locked files for free, thanks to a new decryption tool developed by researchers from antivirus vendor ...
Cyber Security Roundup for September 2018
September 2018 started with a data breach bang, with British Airways disclosing a significant hack and data loss. 380,000 of the airlines' website and mobile app customers had their debit and credit ...
Mobile Phone Call Scams, Pegasus Mobile Spyware, Newegg Data Breach – WB35
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for September 24, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was ...
British Airways Site Infected with Card Skimming Code
Security researchers believe the recent data breach announced by British Airways was the result of malicious code being injected into the company’s website to steal information from payment forms. According to researchers ...
