Stena Line workers targeted in data hack
The bank accounts and personal details of up to 800 ferry workers are reported to have been hacked.
Stena Line discovered that UK workers’ data had been accessed by hackers who broke into its systems via fraudulent emails, according to The Sunday Times.
The hack follows British Airways disclosure that customer details from 380,000 online transactions were stolen during a raid that lasted more than two weeks.
The ferry firm said the data breach was restricted to seafaring staff and that no customer information was accessed.
The data was stolen from sea-faring staff who work on the North and Irish Seas. Stena said the data breach was limited to workers in its UK subsidiary.
Stena Line sails from ports including Harwich in Essex and Fishguard and Holyhead in Wales.