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What are the odds that they've exposed the personal information of thousands of airport travellers who have exchanged foreign currencies with them?
by fareesh 7y ago
What are the odds that they've exposed the personal information of thousands of airport travellers who have exchanged foreign currencies with them?
- Ligrev 7y agoYour guess is as good as anyone's. Given the way the communication is going, I'd say more likely than not. But the article says all computer systems are off which is clearly not the case so who knows...
- jiveturkey 7y agoLow in this case (read the CW article https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476283/Cyber-gangsters-demand-payment-from-Travelex-after-Sodinokibi-attack https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476283/Cyber-gangster...). The "ransom note" seems generic and it implies they aren't sophisticated data thieves, just disruptors. That said, there has been news of late that these kinds of attacks are indeed stepping up the value chain of stealing, selling, mining the data itself. But I would tend to think not, in this case, as the ransom note would have been much more severe.
- Scoundreller 7y agoI suppose most transactions don’t require ID. Maybe some countries require them for all. Anyone who pays the terrible airport rates for large conversions is probably laundering money. Literally every other option is better.