{"id":2481,"date":"2023-03-07T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2025-11-26T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:54:09","slug":"british-airways-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/british-airways-legal-action","title":{"rendered":"British Airways legal action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, British Airways was hit by a huge cyberattack which compromised significant quantities of its customer data. The incident soon became one of the most infamous data breach events ever seen in the UK, with a significant amount of press coverage damaging the airline\u2019s reputation. Soon after the incidents were reported, we began investigating British Airways\u2019 role in the information exposure, and we are still <strong>pursuing compensation claims for our clients in the British Airways legal action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several years of legal battle, British Airways has continued to dispute accusations of liability for the data breach. These resolute denials have been even more unbelievable considering the enforcement action taken by the ICO, the UK\u2019s data protection regulator, against BA, which consisted of a \u00a320m fine, one of the largest the ICO ever issued.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst some claims in the British Airways data breach GLO have been settled, our claims continue as we look to pursue the highest possible compensation pay-outs for our clients. The action has been ongoing for some time now, but if you were affected by the British Airways data breach and have yet to claim, now is your chance to <strong>join our group action before time runs out<\/strong> if you are still able to do so.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The British Airways cyberattacks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In 2018, attacks on the British Airways websites were successful. The hacks are understood to have begun earlier in the year, going on until September before they were first discovered by the airline.<\/p>\n<p>By hacking into the company\u2019s systems, cybercriminals were able to access the personal details of nearly 500,000 customers. Information compromised included customers&#8217; names, email addresses, and payment card information, including card numbers, expiry dates and three-digit CVV security codes.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this overwhelming data exposure, we launched our British Airways legal action to ensure that those affected had a chance to <strong>claim the compensation they deserve.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Can I join the British Airways legal action?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The periods of the cyberattacks taking place means that there are two categories of potentially eligible claimants in respect of the British Airways legal action. If you made a reward booking between 21<sup>st<\/sup> April 2018 and 28<sup>th<\/sup> July 2018, or you made a booking through the website or mobile app between 21st August 2018 and 5<sup>th<\/sup> September 2018, you could be entitled to join and recover compensation.<\/p>\n<p>As part of your claim, you could be compensated for the distress you have suffered, as well as for any financial losses and expenses that resulted from the data breach, if they are applicable. The financial aspect of the claim could be particularly important for British Airways claimants, as many had their card details exposed, which may have led to fraud.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Join the action today<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you want to join our British Airways legal action, you can <strong>sign up online today<\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact our team for free, no-obligation advice <\/strong><\/a>on your potential compensation claim. Our specialist team have been leading data breach claims and group actions for years, and our expertise in this area of law means we have the skills to pursue your claim to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>We can even offer all eligible British Airways claimants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/no-win-no-fee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>No Win, No Fee representation<\/strong><\/a>, which can protect you from having to pay legal fees in the event that your claim is unsuccessful, subject to the agreed terms and conditions in place.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you join as soon as possible to avoid missing out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, British Airways was hit by a huge cyberattack which compromised significant quantities of its customer data. The incident soon became one of the most infamous data breach events ever seen in the UK, with a significant amount of press coverage damaging the airline\u2019s reputation. Soon after the incidents were reported, we began investigating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/british-airways-legal-action\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">British Airways legal action<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[70,89,79,80],"tags":[91,14,4,71,81],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-breach-claims","category-data-breach-compensation","category-data-group-actions","category-group-actions","tag-british-airways-group-action","tag-class-actions","tag-compensation-claims","tag-data-breach","tag-group-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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