Travelex suspends online sales after being targeted by virus
Travelex has suspended all online sales after being targeted by a software virus.
Its chief executive Tony D’Souza said: "We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data. We apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result.
"We are doing all we can to restore our full services as soon as possible."
According to reports, the group discovered the attack on New Year’s Day and immediately took its systems down.
It claimed early investigations suggest that no personal or customer data has been compromised.
Exchanges are only available manually by staff in its branches.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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