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Old Sep 10, 2018, 5:29 am
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Originally Posted by subject2load
My apologies if this particular piece was previously linked at some point, in what has soon become a very lengthy thread :

the Telegraph highlights the fact that BA was warned as to its vulnerability to hacking, in the wake of its failure, last year, to meet the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...le-data-hacks/
Most organisations have recommendations from their annual PCI compliance reports. Just because they did not pass with flying colours, does not mean that the website was not secure. It's more likely to be that they failed on something like card machines in the terminal or a contact centre process.


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