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HackingOtherStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationLowResolved

BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC

bd_357c3adfdee25fcb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 6, 2018

Filed

Oct 26, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC →2 incidents on file

British Airways Plc notified Montana DOJ of a criminal data theft affecting customers who made bookings between August 21 and September 5, 2018. Compromised data included names, billing addresses, emails, and full payment card details (number, expiry, CVV). The incident was resolved, and the company engaged forensic investigators and the National Crime Agency.

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Aug 21, 2018

Begins

Sep 6, 2018

Discovered

Oct 26, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 31d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGOct 26 · first · this page
Washington State AG+26d
Massachusetts State AG+26d
California State AG+26d
Oregon State AG+26d
New Hampshire State AG+31d

Pattern: first filing Oct 26 (MT), last Nov 26 (NH) — a 31-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.