BA Hack Shows That Our 20th Century Methods Have Produced A Fragile Digital World

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
4 min readSep 8, 2018

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While there’s little information about the actual technical details of the British Airways hack, there are many significant things that it already highlights. The chaos, for example, around the reporting of the incident has left many unsure about its scope and the risks that we now face.

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.