How Travelex is trying to recover from Dec. 31 hack, ordering staff to hand over laptops, using WhatsApp to bypass email, as hackers demand $6M for client data
Travelex staff have been told to hand over their laptops as a cyber attack on the company affected its internal network …
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- Travelex hack: staff write paper invoices as websites remain down The Guardian · Mark Sweney
- Travelex: Banks halt currency service after cyber-attack BBC · Joe Tidy
- Currency chaos as Travelex checked by hackers Financial Times · Patrick Jenkins
- Travelex ‘being held to ransom’ by hackers said to be demanding $3m The Guardian
- Travelex customers left in cashless limbo, ICO not formally alerted to data theft claims ZDNet · Charlie Osborne
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- The world's biggest currency exchange company was hacked, and the data is reportedly being held hostage for $6 million Business Insider · Ben Gilbert
- UK Banks Foiled by Travelex Ransomware Attack infosecurity-magazine.com · Sarah Coble
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@nytimestravel
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Travelex's stores, airport counters and exchange services were forced offline by a ransomware attack on New Year's Eve. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@nytimesbusiness
@nytimesbusiness
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Travelex, whose currency booths glimmer with exchange rates around the world, has been dark for nine days after being hacked and held to ransom https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@bbcworld
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Travelex given deadline for ransom by hackers who hold systems and customer data https://www.bbc.com/...
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Hey look, I'm in The New York Times today. (I'll have more on this story in a bit). “The episode raised questions about how many more parts of the financial system could be at risk, said Bob Sullivan,... https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Patrick Osgood
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Big addition to the annals of unintended consequences: the stiff fines possible for privacy breaches under EU GDPR incentivize ransomeware attacks for big payouts https://www.nytimes.com/... via @NYTimes