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Old Sep 27, 2018, 7:17 am
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
But ba.com passwords were not taken in the data breach. It's not only that BA has identified which (other) pieces of information were taken, but none of the independent reports about how it was done have suggested that ba.com passwords were vulnerable to this.

So that suggests one of at least two things:-
  1. Your ba.com password was taken by other means not involving BA.
People do lose other (ie non-BA) passwords, so the automatic knee-jerk reaction that this must be BA's fault may be inaccurate.
Given this morning’s IT stuff up du jour, I don’t trust BA at all, especially where giving people facts is concerned.
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