Latest News

Qantas confirms that personal data of more than a million passengers was leaked during a breach

Qantas Airways in Australia said that in one of Australia's largest cyber breaches, more than a half-million customers' phone numbers, birth dates or addresses were accessed.

According to the airline operator, four million other customers' names and email addresses were also stolen during the hack.

Qantas, which disclosed a cyberattack to the public last week, said that after removing duplicate records, the database breached contained the unique personal data of 5.7 millions customers.

Qantas stated in a press release that there is no evidence to suggest any data about customers was released. The company is monitoring the situation closely.

Vanessa Hudson, CEO of Qantas Group, said that "since the incident we have implemented a number additional cyber security procedures to further protect our customer's data and continue to review what occurred."

The breach is Australia's highest-profile cyberattack since 2022 when telecommunications giant Optus was attacked, and the health insurer Medibank. These incidents led to mandatory cyber resilience legislation.

(source: Reuters)