Ryanair confirms theft of €4.6m by hackers

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Fast response from budget airline means that it ought to be able to recover the wrongly transferred money

Europe's biggest budget airline Ryanair has lost €4.6m after a hack enabled attackers to transfer the sum of money to a Chinese bank account - however, the airline is expected to be able to retriev...

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