MSE News: British Gas warns 1,600 customers their login details may have been...

Former_MSE_Callum · 21 December 2017 at 4:39PM

Some 1,600 British Gas customers have been told their account number, name and email address may have been involved in a "breach of security" last month, after a "third party" got the login details from another website the affected customers use...

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Reaper · 21 December 2017 at 5:41PM

It's not very helpful to keep the 3rd party web site secret. Can any of those affected say where else they stored their login details? An online password web site for example.

badmemory · 21 December 2017 at 6:23PM

More like one which BG passes info to, so they can flog their customers something.

Michaelw · 22 December 2017 at 9:00AM

A British Gas spokesperson said: "It is unfortunately a fact of modern life that login details can be stolen from various sources and then be shared via third-party websites

Very reassuring.The less online accounts the better might be the best option.

nic_c · 22 December 2017 at 11:03AM

That they are simply sending out £20 suggesting it be spent on CIFAS, shows little regard especially as they are not giving out more details of what happened.

Maybe we need to be able to see what each company we deal with hold and demand that they delete all non-essential info

MSE News: British Gas warns 1,600 customers their login details may have been...

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