{"id":1836,"date":"2025-07-02T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australian-airline-qantas-hit-by-massive-cyberattack\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:00:42","slug":"australian-airline-qantas-hit-by-massive-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australian-airline-qantas-hit-by-massive-cyberattack\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian airline Qantas hit by massive cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it was investigating a “significant” cyberattack, after hackers infiltrated a system containing sensitive data on six million customers.<\/p>\n

Qantas said hackers had targeted one of its customer contact centres, breaching a computer system used by a third party.<\/p>\n

They had access to sensitive information such as customer names, email addresses, phone numbers and birthdays, the blue-chip Australian company said.<\/p>\n

“There are 6 million customers that have service records in this platform,” the company said in a statement. “We are continuing to investigate the proportion of the data that has been stolen, though we expect it will be significant.”<\/p>\n

Credit card details and passport numbers were not kept in the system, Qantas added.<\/p>\n

“There is no impact to Qantas’ operations or the safety of the airline.”<\/p>\n

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Chief executive Vanessa Hudson said Qantas had notified Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator.<\/p>\n

“We sincerely apologize to our customers and we recognize the uncertainty this will cause,” she said. “Our customers trust us with their personal information and we take that responsibility seriously.”<\/p>\n

Qantas apologized in 2024 after a glitch with its mobile app exposed some passengers’ names and travel details.<\/p>\n

A string of major cyberattacks have in recent years raised concerns about the protection of Australians’ personal data.<\/p>\n

Major ports handling 40 percent of Australia’s freight trade ground to a halt in 2023 after hackers infiltrated computers belonging to operator DP World.<\/p>\n

Russia-based hackers in 2022 breached one of Australia’s largest private health insurers, accessing the data of more than nine million current and former customers.<\/p>\n

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The same year telecom company Optus suffered a data breach of similar magnitude in which the personal details of up to 9.8 million people were accessed.<\/p>\n

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Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it was investigating a “significant” cyberattack, after hackers infiltrated a system containing sensitive data on six million customers. Qantas said hackers had targeted one of its customer contact centres, breaching a computer system used by a third party. They had access to sensitive information such as customer names, email addresses,…<\/p>\n

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