Should I join the Easyjet data-breach claim?

steve1500

TELLIT01 said:

The reason I say to be very careful is that there was a situation fairly recently where somebody agree to go with a no-win, no-fee lawyer but part way through decided they no longer wanted to proceed.  The legal firm then tried to sue her for the costs they had incurred to that point because they felt they had a high likelihood of winning.  I don't know if it was resolved, or the outcome.

This getting very common. Usually page 26 of the T &C's in font size 4

hannahmd

TELLIT01 said:

The reason I say to be very careful is that there was a situation fairly recently where somebody agree to go with a no-win, no-fee lawyer but part way through decided they no longer wanted to proceed.  The legal firm then tried to sue her for the costs they had incurred to that point because they felt they had a high likelihood of winning.  I don't know if it was resolved, or the outcome.

I'm interested to hear more about this case - do you know where I can find info about it?

jonesMUFCforever

hannahmd said:

TELLIT01 said:

The reason I say to be very careful is that there was a situation fairly recently where somebody agree to go with a no-win, no-fee lawyer but part way through decided they no longer wanted to proceed.  The legal firm then tried to sue her for the costs they had incurred to that point because they felt they had a high likelihood of winning.  I don't know if it was resolved, or the outcome.

I'm interested to hear more about this case - do you know where I can find info about it?

Google?
Curious to know what you have lost as a result of the breach?

brianposter

ciderboy2009 said:

Were you one of the 2000 people who had their credit card details compromised or one of the millions where it was just the basic information?.

Was it really only 2000 people ? My credit card was compromised last year and the Easyjet hack has to be a prime suspect.

Alan_Bowen

The breach only took place in January this year so brianposter, it certainly wasn't easyjet who caused your issue

brianposter

Alan_Bowen said:

The breach only took place in January this year so brianposter, it certainly wasn't easyjet who caused your issue

Can you provide a source for that information ?

Here is a link which suggests you are wrong.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/05/19/easyjet-hacked-9-million-customers-and-2000-credit-cards-hit/#faa82c11ae18

UPDATE: EasyJet confirmed that the attacker was accessing customer data between October 17 and March 4, so was inside the airline’s systems for over four months. “We became aware of potential unusual activity in late January 2020 and launched an immediate investigation with the support of forensic experts.”

jonesMUFCforever

brianposter said:

Alan_Bowen said:

The breach only took place in January this year so brianposter, it certainly wasn't easyjet who caused your issue

Can you provide a source for that information ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52722626

brianposter

I think we can conclude that the Easyjet hack remains the prime suspect for my credit card having been compromised.

bradders1983

Given you can't prove that, lets move on.

Pollycat

brianposter said:

I think we can conclude that the Easyjet hack remains the prime suspect for my credit card having been compromised.

I really don't think we can conclude that.