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British Airways is fined £20m after 2018 data breach

British Airways is fined £20m by Information Commissioner’s Office after personal details of 400,000 customers was accessed by hackers in 2018 data breachBritish Airways has been fined £20million over a 2018 data hack, ICO saidAirline ‘should have found security weaknesses which enabled attack to occur’Carrier failed to protect personal and financial details of 400,000 customersBA did not detect the hack for two months and was alerted by a third-party By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 05:33 EDT, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 09:52 EDT, 16 October 2020

Pret A Manger will cut another 400 jobs and close six more shops two months after 2,800 were axed

Pret A Manger will cut another 400 jobs and close six more shops two months after sandwich chain axed 2,800 workersIn August the coffee and sandwich chain axed 2,800 roles with 30 sites closed The chain said its recovery slowed in the face of recently tightened restrictionPret’s CEO said the coronavirus pandemic has ‘taken away a decade of growth’ By Sabi Phagura for MailOnline Published: 07:17 EDT, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 08:35 EDT, 16 October 2020

Lookers credits higher sales to Britons' enhanced fears of public transport

Car seller Lookers says higher sales are due to Britons’ fears of travelling on public transport during the pandemicOver the first nine months of 2020, new car registrations plunged by a third Lookers sold more than 42,000 vehicles from July to the end of September The group’s delayed publishing of its 2019 results is expected next monthBy Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 08:19 EDT, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 08:20 EDT, 16 October 2020