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Russian Clop Criminals Issue Ultimatum After Mass Hack
Cybercriminal gang Clop warn hack victims to get in touch before 14 June, or their stolen data will be published
British Airways Settles Data Breach Claims Case
Costly exercise. British Airways pays an undisclosed settlement to passengers and staff impacted by massive 2018 data breach
British Airways To Add Covid-19 ‘Passport’ To Travel App
British Airways trials in-house system for verifying passenger vaccine certificates and Covid-19 tests, with plans to add the features to its mobile app
British Airways Hit With Record £20m Fine For Data Breach
Data protection watchdog reconsiders its £183.4 million fine against British Airways for 2018 data breach, and lowers it down to £20 million
British Airways Check-In Flaw Exposes Personal Data
BA e-ticketing system flaw exposes passengers details including phone numbers, email addresses etc
British Airways IT Failure Results In Travel Chaos
Passengers face flight delays and long queues after IT failure during peak summer holiday period
BA Faces Record £183.39m Fine For Massive Data Breach
The fine, intended to penalise 'poor security arrangements' that allowed the attack to take place, is the largest ever announced by the ICO and its first under new GDPR rules
British Airways Confirms Theft Of Additional Data
Another 185,000 payment card data stolen, after BA uncovers second hack whilst investigating the first
British Airways Hack ‘Compromises’ Customers’ Financial Details
The incident involved the theft of payment card details over a period of two weeks at the height of the summer season
Passengers Delayed As Airports Worldwide Hit By Network Issue
Delays reported at airports worldwide due to ‘network issue’ with passenger management system
British Airways IT Outage Could Be Down To Human Error
However, the airline denies that to be the case
British Airways Blames Power Surge For IT Outage, But Questions Still Remain
ANALYSIS: BA's IT outage could have been caused by more than just a power surge
British Airways Confirmed As Launch Partner For New In-Flight Wi-Fi Network
In-flight Wi-Fi on British Airways moves a step closer with new deal with Inmarsat's European Aviation Network
British Airways European Flights Get In-Flight Wi-Fi In 2017
British Airways short haul flights get in-flight Wi-Fi a year later than planned, with long haul flights set to be connected in 2017 too
IT Glitch Grounds British Airways Check-In System
A major system crash caused the airline lengthy delays and forced it to return to a manual check-in process.
British Airways IT Glitch ‘Was Exaggerated’
Customers faced hours of queues as Heathrow and Gatwick BA check-in desks grind to a halt
British Airways Signs Deal With Gogo For Long Haul In-Flight Wi-Fi
International Airlines Group to bring in-flight Wi-Fi to British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus long-haul routes
‘Drone’ Hits British Airways Jet On Heathrow Approach
Collision with A320 is first incident of its kind in the UK as Met and CAA launch investigation
British Airways Loyalty Accounts Hacked
The airline has confirmed that tens of thousands of user accounts were accessed by hackers using credentials from other websites
British Airways To Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi Powered By Inmarsat
Inmarsat to launch new satellite aimed at supporting European in-flight Wi-Fi
British Airways To Allow Electronics Use During Take-Off And Landing
British Airways claims to be the first airline to take advantage of European ruling
British Airways To Allow Mobile Calls After Landing
BA listens to the voice of reason
BA Hits Privacy Turbulence Over Passenger Profiling
British Airways is accused of snooping on its passengers by using the Internet to hunt down personal information
BA Confirms Website Problems Due To Snow Demand
British Airways has confirmed that its website is “operating intermittently” due to the sheer volume of requests