BA hacked: 380,000 card payments 'compromised'
Shares of British Airways' parent company IAG fell around 4% as markets opened on Friday morning, hours after the airline said the credit card information of at least 380,000 customers had been "compromised" in a data theft. More than £500m was wiped of the airline group's market value as a result, before the share price rallied to being down just 2% on the day.The airline said people using BA.com and its mobile app for flight bookings were targeted by hackers between 21 August and 5 September.Information stolen includes customer names, email addresses, home addresses and payment card information - but not travel or passport details. We are aware of reports of a data breach affecting British Airways and are working with partners to assess ...