ba.com security - pesky Russians in my account?
#1
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ba.com security - pesky Russians in my account?
Logged into ba.com this morning to check in for a flight to be greeted with a "please change your password" warning screen. Duly done, during checkin I see my contact phone number has been changed from my UK mobile number to a Russian number. 400K avios balance still intact fortunately but clearly BA are still having security issues - strongly recommend considering being proactive and changing your password and checking your bookings and balance.
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Logged into ba.com this morning to check in for a flight to be greeted with a "please change your password" warning screen. Duly done, during checkin I see my contact phone number has been changed from my UK mobile number to a Russian number. 400K avios balance still intact fortunately but clearly BA are still having security issues - strongly recommend considering being proactive and changing your password and checking your bookings and balance.
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#4
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Indeed.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
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My mobile number is also apparently changed to be Russian - with a +7 initial code - but actually I think it's a coding error on ba.com where UK mobile numbers (which all start with a 7) have had the initial 0 removed and now have the 7 as the country code rather than the +44.
The rest of the number is the same as my mobile number!
I've just changed it back to a +44
The rest of the number is the same as my mobile number!
I've just changed it back to a +44
#8
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Location: Manchester, UK
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Indeed.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
#10
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I have one email that was in the Adobe hack and it prompted me to change my passwords (and use LastPass). But I note that the Adobe hack also got away with the answers to security questions, which I hadn't thought about before.
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My mobile number is also apparently changed to be Russian - with a +7 initial code - but actually I think it's a coding error on ba.com where UK mobile numbers (which all start with a 7) have had the initial 0 removed and now have the 7 as the country code rather than the +44.
The rest of the number is the same as my mobile number!
I've just changed it back to a +44
The rest of the number is the same as my mobile number!
I've just changed it back to a +44
#12
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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Indeed.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
#13
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: California
Posts: 2,731
Indeed.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
is a site which allows you to see if your email address (and associated password) has been leaked via one of the big hacks in recent years. Mine, for example, is on the Adobe hack list.
Of course, you'll have to decide whether you trust the site not to sell your email address to spammers...
Last edited by fwoomp; Apr 29, 2015 at 9:00 pm
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