Month: September 2018

SOS campaign launches to fight travel cybercrime

A new industry-wide campaign aims to combat the growing menace of cybercrime against travel companies. Secure Our Systems, spearheaded by Prevention of Fraud in Travel (Profit), will be the first campaign of its kind in the trade. It comes just ahead of the launch of an industry ‘blacklist’ of known travel fraudsters, part of new […]

Police in Europe Tie Card Fraud to People-Smuggling Gang

Coordinated police raids in Germany and Sweden have resulted in the arrest of two individuals suspected of running a cyber fraud gang that used stolen payment card data to book hundreds of airline and train tickets to help smuggle people from the Middle East into Europe. The EU’s law enforcement intelligence agency Europol, which helped […]

Cold calling ban to reduce fake holiday sickness claims

Abta predicts the government ban on cold calls will reduce the number of fraudulent holiday sickness claims made against tour operators. The new measures prohibiting nuisance calls came into force over the weekend. People will now be given the choice to opt in to receiving calls offering to settle personal injury claims. Previously, people had […]

British Airways data breach

British Airways’s boss has apologised for what he says was a sophisticated breach of the firm’s security systems, and has promised compensation. Alex Cruz told the BBC that hackers carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” on its website. The airline said personal and financial details of customers making or changing bookings had been compromised. […]

Con artists steal more than £7million from timeshare owners

Callous con artists are targeting people who have already been a victim of timeshare fraud to steal more of their cash, it was claimed today. Victims of ‘timeshare recovery fraud’ across Britain reported losing a total of more than £7million this year between January and July, according to Action Fraud. The average loss was £14,000 […]

Thousands affected in Air Canada mobile app security breach

Thousands of Air Canada passengers’ personal details are suspected to have been accessed in a data breach of the airline’s mobile app. Users who had entered their passport details have been warned that they may have had data stolen. The airline said it has now adopted improved password guidelines. Air Canada said: “There are approximately […]