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Media playback is unsupported on your device A frequent flyer tax, phasing out polluting SUVs and restricting cars in city centres are among climate change solutions suggested by members of the public.A citizens' assembly of 108 people from all walks of life published its report after weeks of debate.They proposed curbing road building and using the pandemic to cut emissions.MPs said the report offered a "unique insight", but activists Extinction Rebellion said it didn't go far enough.The report says the government must show leadership on climate change and insists climate policies must be fair to all – especially the poorest in society.Its radical conclusions may offer political cover to ministers who’re typically nervous of a public backlash...

A cyber-security firm has said it found a malicious script injected into the British Airways website, which could be the cause of a recent data breach that affected 380,000 transactions.A RiskIQ researcher analysed code from BA's website and app around the time when the breach began, in late August.He claimed to have discovered evidence of a "skimming" script designed to steal financial data from online payment forms.BA said it was unable to comment.A very similar attack, dubbed Magecart, affected the Ticketmaster website recently, which RiskIQ said it also analysed in depth.The company said the code found on the BA site was very similar, but appeared to have been modified to suit the way the airline's site had been designed. Vid...

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Climate change: Tax frequent fliers and get rid of SUVs, government told

British Airways: Suspect code that hacked fliers 'found'