Zellis Cyberattack: British Airways, Boots and BBC Employee’s Personal Data Exploited

Zellis Cyberattacks Exploiting MOVEit

British Airways (BA), Boots, and BBC have recently been investigating an alleged cyber incident. The attack, apparently carried out by a Russia-based criminal gang, included the theft of the personal data of the companies’ employees.

BA confirmed the attack, noting that the hackers targeted software named MOVEit used by Zellis, a payroll provider.

“We have been informed that we are one of the companies impacted by Zellis’s cybersecurity incident, which occurred via one of their third-party suppliers called MOVEit,” said a British Airways spokesperson.

The affected BA employees were informed about the situation through an email, which read that the compromised data included their names, addresses, national insurance numbers, and banking details, according to The Telegraph which initially reported about the incident. BA further added that the attack has prominently affected the staff who were paid via BA payroll in the UK and Ireland.

Another company affected by the attack, Boots, says that “some of our team members’ personal details” were compromised. The Telegraph reported that the staff members were informed about the attacks, with the stolen data involving their names, surnames, employee numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, the first lines of home addresses, and national insurance numbers.

While a BBC spokesperson has confirmed the attacks, the corporations decline that the breach invol

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