BA faces £183m fine over passenger data breach

ICO says personal data of 500,000 customers was stolen from website and mobile app

British Airways is to be fined more than 183m by the Information Commissioner's Office after hackers stole the personal data of half a million of the airline's customers.

The ICO said its extensive investigation found that the incident involved customer details including login, payment card, name, address and travel booking information being harvested after being diverted to a fraudulent website.