BA Hack Leaves Airline Open to Fines Under Tough Data Rules
A hack of British Airways' computing infrastructure in August and September may make BA one of the first big companies liable for fines under GDPR, the European data protection law that took effect in May
• It hasn't been established whether BA is at fault, so the company's liability is not yet certain
• Encrypting customers' personal data is one of the requirements of GDPR
• During the breach, hackers gained access to 380,000 BA customers' credit card data, Bloomberg News reported