British Airways Data Breach History

This page tracks the British Airways data breach history and cybersecurity incidents affecting British Airways (United Kingdom). BreachHistory currently indexes 6 publicly disclosed or catalogued incidents spanning 2015 through 2018, with approximately 1.8 million records reported as exposed across all indexed events. These totals may include overlapping datasets or third-party estimates and should not be interpreted as unique affected users.

The British Airways breach timeline includes major data breaches, cyber attacks, data leaks, credential exposures, API abuse, and other security incidents. Each incident provides details on the estimated records exposed, attack method, affected data types, and supporting public sources. Currently, 0 incidents are company-confirmed.

Largest British Airways Data Breaches

The largest indexed incidents include the 2018 Cyberattack — 500K, the 2015 — British Airways: Hacked, 500K records, and the 2018 British Airways — 380K+ cards, Magecart, along with additional historical incidents involving exposed passwords, public databases, and large-scale data scraping. Record counts originating from threat actors or leak sites should be treated as estimates unless confirmed by British Airways or a regulator. Below is the list of large data breaches:

• 2018 2018 Cyberattack — 500K — about 500.0K records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2015 2015 — British Airways: Hacked, 500K records — about 500.0K records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2018 2018 British Airways — 380K+ cards, Magecart — about 429.6K records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2018 2018 — British Airways: Personal and financial details of customers making… — about 380.0K records exposed · Catalogued incident

What Information Was Exposed?

Depending on the incident, exposed data may include email addresses, names, physical addresses, payment card and financial account data, health and medical (PHI) records, and other personal information (PII). The exact data varies between incidents, so review each breach page before assuming your information was affected.

British Airways Data Breach 2026

At the time of this update, no British Airways data breach has been catalogued for 2026. New incidents are added as official disclosures, regulatory filings, or credible cybersecurity reports become available.

What To Do If You Were Affected

If you believe your account may have been involved in a British Airways data breach, change any reused passwords, enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), monitor your account for suspicious activity, and be cautious of phishing emails or fake breach notifications.

This British Airways breach history is maintained by BreachHistory using public disclosures, regulatory filings, security research, and clearly labelled third-party claims. For the complete breach timeline, records exposed, incident details, and AI Breach Risk Score, explore the sections on this page.