Hackers access nine million Easyjet customers' details - MSE News

Alan_Bowen

The US ambulance chasers, sorry hard working honest attorneys,  seem to think a breach of data is worth £2000 each for 9 million passengers, hence the wonderful headline figure of £18 billion. If that ever happened the airline would simply close down and Ryanair could dance an Irish jig and triple their fares! UK law is very different to the US, and without being able to show any financial loss at all, I suspect the claim may not get very far. If it does, as well as driving the airline out of business the lawyers want 30%, so £6 billion for their hard work

fuzzypanda35

Alan_Bowen said:

The US ambulance chasers, sorry hard working honest attorneys,  seem to think a breach of data is worth £2000 each for 9 million passengers, hence the wonderful headline figure of £18 billion. If that ever happened the airline would simply close down and Ryanair could dance an Irish jig and triple their fares! UK law is very different to the US, and without being able to show any financial loss at all, I suspect the claim may not get very far. If it does, as well as driving the airline out of business the lawyers want 30%, so £6 billion for their hard work

Is it not under some EU law they're chasing this? I'm one of those affected by this, fortunately not in the worst way as no payment details were taken. I won't be joining any action but if it takes a load of ambulance chasing types to ram home the point to companies, that they need to be held responsible and look after our data, so be it.

Ganga

fuzzypanda35 said:

Alan_Bowen said:

The US ambulance chasers, sorry hard working honest attorneys,  seem to think a breach of data is worth £2000 each for 9 million passengers, hence the wonderful headline figure of £18 billion. If that ever happened the airline would simply close down and Ryanair could dance an Irish jig and triple their fares! UK law is very different to the US, and without being able to show any financial loss at all, I suspect the claim may not get very far. If it does, as well as driving the airline out of business the lawyers want 30%, so £6 billion for their hard work

Is it not under some EU law they're chasing this? I'm one of those affected by this, fortunately not in the worst way as no payment details were taken. I won't be joining any action but if it takes a load of ambulance chasing types to ram home the point to companies, that they need to be held responsible and look after our data, so be it.

Even the best data can be hacked if someone has the time and the trouble so to do ,as better systems are developed to protect this information so hackers are developing better systems to gather it. We now live in the digital age and i am afraid that a lot of digital information can and has been hacked even if for only to prove it can be done by a lot of young computer geeks with time on their hands.
If these ambulance chaser lawyers keep appearing every time this happens prices will rise to pay for it and guess who ends up paying for it? yes the customer ,they get some money today and pay more the rest of the time.

topic01

wardylad said:

I've received the dreaded email from EasyJet saying my data was accessed (no mention of credit card details though). 
Any one know whether it's worth seeking legal advice to make a claim against a data breach ?

I received email yesterday  29/05/20 to Say 
Our investigation found that your name, email address, and travel details were accessed for the easyJet flights or easyJet holidays you booked between 17th October 2019 and 4th March 2020. Your passport and credit card details were not accessed, however information including where you were travelling from and to, your departure date, booking reference number, the booking date and the value of the booking were accessed. 

i have flights booked for later in the year, don’t feel safe/ confident going away now. 

Ganga

topic01 said:

wardylad said:

I've received the dreaded email from EasyJet saying my data was accessed (no mention of credit card details though). 
Any one know whether it's worth seeking legal advice to make a claim against a data breach ?

I received email yesterday  29/05/20 to Say 
Our investigation found that your name, email address, and travel details were accessed for the easyJet flights or easyJet holidays you booked between 17th October 2019 and 4th March 2020. Your passport and credit card details were not accessed, however information including where you were travelling from and to, your departure date, booking reference number, the booking date and the value of the booking were accessed. 

i have flights booked for later in the year, don’t feel safe/ confident going away now. 

Why? or is this just before you get your compo face on 

IvanOpinion

Ganga said:

topic01 said:

wardylad said:

I've received the dreaded email from EasyJet saying my data was accessed (no mention of credit card details though). 
Any one know whether it's worth seeking legal advice to make a claim against a data breach ?

I received email yesterday  29/05/20 to Say 
Our investigation found that your name, email address, and travel details were accessed for the easyJet flights or easyJet holidays you booked between 17th October 2019 and 4th March 2020. Your passport and credit card details were not accessed, however information including where you were travelling from and to, your departure date, booking reference number, the booking date and the value of the booking were accessed. 

i have flights booked for later in the year, don’t feel safe/ confident going away now. 

Why? or is this just before you get your compo face on 

I think it is a legitimate concern.  As per my earlier post, bad actors have names, addresses and dates when a house may be empty.  That is a valuable resource for easy pickings.  There is no sense in playing this down, this is a serious data breach.  As someone who has multiple affected flights, I am now looking to put additional security measures in place for when we are away.

Ganga

IvanOpinion said:

Ganga said:

topic01 said:

wardylad said:

I've received the dreaded email from EasyJet saying my data was accessed (no mention of credit card details though). 
Any one know whether it's worth seeking legal advice to make a claim against a data breach ?

I received email yesterday  29/05/20 to Say 
Our investigation found that your name, email address, and travel details were accessed for the easyJet flights or easyJet holidays you booked between 17th October 2019 and 4th March 2020. Your passport and credit card details were not accessed, however information including where you were travelling from and to, your departure date, booking reference number, the booking date and the value of the booking were accessed. 

i have flights booked for later in the year, don’t feel safe/ confident going away now. 

Why? or is this just before you get your compo face on 

I think it is a legitimate concern.  As per my earlier post, bad actors have names, addresses and dates when a house may be empty.  That is a valuable resource for easy pickings.  There is no sense in playing this down, this is a serious data breach.  As someone who has multiple affected flights, I am now looking to put additional security measures in place for when we are away.

What about good actors? when people go on holiday their neighbours know, work mates know, the taxi driver that picks you up know ,if you feel that insecure you should stay at home but the smell of compensation might be what is clouding your judgment l

bagand96

fuzzypanda35 said:

I won't be joining any action but if it takes a load of ambulance chasing types to ram home the point to companies, that they need to be held responsible and look after our data, so be it.

easyJet will now be subject to an investigation by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who are the UK authority on data protection.  There will also be a large fine forthcoming.  The recent BA data breach was 500,000 customer's details and they were fined over £180 million.

The easyJet breach affects some 9 million customers, so I expect there'll be a very big fine coming that will focus the minds at easyJet HQ, without the need for American ambulance chasers.

IvanOpinion

Ganga said:

IvanOpinion said:

Ganga said:

topic01 said:

wardylad said:

I've received the dreaded email from EasyJet saying my data was accessed (no mention of credit card details though). 
Any one know whether it's worth seeking legal advice to make a claim against a data breach ?

I received email yesterday  29/05/20 to Say 
Our investigation found that your name, email address, and travel details were accessed for the easyJet flights or easyJet holidays you booked between 17th October 2019 and 4th March 2020. Your passport and credit card details were not accessed, however information including where you were travelling from and to, your departure date, booking reference number, the booking date and the value of the booking were accessed. 

i have flights booked for later in the year, don’t feel safe/ confident going away now. 

Why? or is this just before you get your compo face on 

I think it is a legitimate concern.  As per my earlier post, bad actors have names, addresses and dates when a house may be empty.  That is a valuable resource for easy pickings.  There is no sense in playing this down, this is a serious data breach.  As someone who has multiple affected flights, I am now looking to put additional security measures in place for when we are away.

What about good actors? when people go on holiday their neighbours know, work mates know, the taxi driver that picks you up know ,if you feel that insecure you should stay at home but the smell of compensation might be what is clouding your judgment l

Maybe it is your envy that others may get compensation that is clouding your judgement into thinking your response is a reasonable or logical counter argument, whereas in reality it is totally banal. 

I have not asked for or expect compensation, I have only stated that I am now taking additional security measures and that peoples concerns over this data breach are valid - it is a serious breach exposing those affected to increased risk of various crimes including credit card fraud, bank fraud, online fraud and identity theft.