Travelex being held to ransom by hackers

Re:Travelex being held to ransom by hackers by fareesh on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @11:58AM (#21981800)

What are the odds that they've exposed the personal information of thousands of airport travellers who have exchanged foreign currencies with them?

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Re:Travelex being held to ransom by hackers by jiveturkey on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:51PM (#21982473)

Low in this case (read the CW article 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.

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Re:Travelex being held to ransom by hackers by Ligrev on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:03PM (#21981862)

Your 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...

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Re:Travelex being held to ransom by hackers by Scoundreller on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:22PM (#21985032)

I 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.

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