The British equivalent of the Swedish Data Protection Authority intends to punish the airline group IAG with a fine of just over 183 million pounds, equivalent to almost 2.2 billion kronor, after a data leak affected the company's customers.

It was in September last year that IAG's subsidiary British Airways announced that credit card details from hundreds of thousands of customers had been stolen in an attack on the airline's website and app.

Now AIG announces that the British Data Protection Authority, Information Commissioner's Office, intends to punish the company with a fine of 183 million pounds, equivalent to 1.5 percent of the group's total turnover in 2017. Reuters reports.  

According to British Airways, the company responded quickly to the cyberattack and states that no evidence has been discovered that the stolen data was used for fraud.

”We are surprised and disappointed by this initial conclusion from the Information Commissioner's Offices,”, says British Airways according to Reuters. 

IAG CEO Willie Walsh states that the group intends to take the issue further with the authority and is open to the possibility that the decision on the billion-dollar fine will be appealed.

Source: di.se