A rising number of organisations, including the BBC, British Airways, Boots, and Aer Lingus, are being impacted by a widespread attack.
Staff members have received warnings that personal information, including social security numbers and, in some circumstances, bank information, may have been stolen.
The hackers used a well-known piece of software as a gateway to access numerous businesses simultaneously.
There are no reports of money being taken or requests for ransom.
One of the impacted businesses in the UK is the payroll services provider Zellis, which reported that data from eight of its customer organisations had been stolen.
Organisations are notifying employees on their own, though it wouldn’t give names.
The BBC informed the staff via email that the stolen data contained staff ID numbers, dates of birth, residential addresses, and national insurance numbers. […]
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