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May 19, 2020 11:40 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/xuoEecBe8sM/easyjet-admits-data-of-nine-million-hacked
EasyJet Admits Data of Nine Million Hacked
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: EasyJet has admitted that a "highly sophisticated cyber-attack" has affected approximately nine million customers. It said email addresses and travel details had been stolen and that 2,208 customers had also had their credit card details "accessed". The firm has informed the UK's Information Commissioner's Office while it investigates the breach. EasyJet first became aware of the attack in January. It told the BBC that it was only able to notify customers whose credit card details were stolen in early April. Stolen credit card data included the three digital security code -- known as the CVV number -- on the back of the card itself. EasyJet added that it had gone public now in order to warn the nine million customers whose email addresses had been stolen to be wary of phishing attacks. It said that it would notify everyone affected by 26 May.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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