British Airways Plc

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving British Airways PLC on November 21, 2018. The breach, which occurred from August 21, 2018 to September 5, 2018, was due to a cyberattack involving malware, potentially exposing the payment card and personal information of approximately 1,588 Washington residents.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10600

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/british-airways

"id": "bri452080425",
"linkid": "british-airways",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "8/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1588,
                        'industry': 'Aviation',
                        'name': 'British Airways PLC',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1588,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Payment card information',
                                              'Personal information']},
 'date_detected': '2018-09-05',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-11-21',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving British Airways PLC on November 21, '
                '2018. The breach, which occurred from August 21, 2018 to '
                'September 5, 2018, was due to a cyberattack involving '
                'malware, potentially exposing the payment card and personal '
                'information of approximately 1,588 Washington residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Payment card information',
                                 'Personal information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-11-21',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'British Airways Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}