British Airways, BBC and Boots staff have data stolen in cyber breach

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🔴 Staff have been warned the breach may have exposed personal data including names, addresses, national insurance numbers and banking details NickMDuffy reports

and Boots have warned staff that swathes of personal data were stolen in a massive cyber attack on their payroll provider.

Zellis, which also provides payroll services for the NHS and Jaguar Land Rover, confirmed on Monday that staff of eight companies had been affected by the breach, in whichThe firm did not identify all of the companies targeted, but the BBC, British Airways and Boots all confirmed they were hit. British Airways wrote to staff members paid in the UK on Monday to confirm the incident, thought to have exposed personal data including names, addresses, national insurance numbers and banking details.

A BA spokesperson said: “We have been informed that we are one of the companies impacted by Zellis’s cybersecurity incident which occurred via one of their third-party suppliers called MOVEit.Related Article

Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)

 

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