British Airways said that the data breach it first reported in September is larger than previously thought. It has added an additional 185,000 victims to the official tally.
The airline said that hackers may have stolen personal data connected to an additional 77,000 payment cards, including name, billing address, email address and card payment information including card number, expiry date and CVV. And, it uncovered a
further 108,000 cards that were exposed without CVV.
The impacted customers were those using their air miles to book flights on the website between April 21 and July 28 of this year, and who used a payment card. On the "plus" side, of the 380,000 payment cards originally thought to be compromised, only 244,000 of those were actually affected, upon investigation. The net total for the entire breach now stands at 429,000.
