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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the latest victim of cyber crime
A
British Airways
B
Foxconn
C
Google
D
Facebook
E
Snapchat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The ICO claimed the incident took place after the British Airways website was diverted to a false site. According to computer security Alan Woodward the attack was most likely carried out through a supply chain attack on a third party payment utility used by the website.

Detailed explanation-2: -British Airways (BA) has reached an out-of-court settlement with the victims of a data breach that exposed personal data belonging to more than 420, 000 customers. Under the agreement with PGMBM, the court-appointed law firm representing victims, the airline will pay thousands of claimants an undisclosed sum.

Detailed explanation-3: -LONDON, Feb 25 (Reuters)-British Airways said “significant technical issues” had resulted in a number of flight cancellations and disruption across its operation on Friday. The airline said the problem, which was affecting its website, app, and airport operations, had not been caused by a cyber attack.

Detailed explanation-4: -"We are pleased the ICO recognises that we have made considerable improvements to the security of our systems since the attack and that we fully co-operated with its investigation, ” said a spokesman. Data protection officer Carl Gottlieb said that in the current climate, £20m was a “massive” fine.

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