Hackers raid British Airways and BBC in cyber attack

Tens of thousands of British Airways, BBC and Boots staff may have had their personal details stolen following a major cyber-attack, Report informs referring to The Telegraph.

BA has written to many of its 34,000-strong workforce warning them of a “cyber security incident which has led to the disclosure of personal information about colleagues paid through British Airways’ payroll in the UK and Ireland”.

An email to BA staff warns that the compromised information includes names, addresses, national insurance numbers, banking details and other information.

The hack is linked to BA’s payroll provider, Zellis, and other companies that work with the company have also had their information stolen.

Boots has emailed employees saying that staff’s names, surnames, employee numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, the first lines of their home address and national insurance numbers have been affected. It said a “very small number” of employees may have had other data compromised.

Zellis provides payroll services to a large number of major companies including the NHS and Jaguar Land Rover. The hack has affected eight of its customers, a source said.