Travelex Crippled Since New Year’s Eve by Ransomware Attack (2)

Jan. 8, 2020, 11:59 AM UTC

Travelex Holdings Ltd., the London-based foreign exchange company, said it’s been successful in containing the spread of a cyber attack that forced the firm to suspend services across 30 countries.

It said in a statement on Wednesday that sensitive customer data appeared not to be compromised, and that it was now restoring internal systems.

“Whilst there has been some data encryption, there is no evidence that structured personal customer data has been encrypted,” Travelex said in the statement. “There is still no evidence that any data has been exfiltrated.”

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