Australia's Qantas says stolen customer data leaked online | News

SYDNEY, Oct 12, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Australian airline Qantas said Sunday that data from 5.7 million customers stolen in a major cyberattack in July had been leaked online. "Qantas is one of a number of companies globally that has had data released by cyber criminals following the airline's cyber incident in early July, where customer data was stolen via a third party platform," the company said in a statement. Qantas said in July that hackers had targeted one of its customer contact centres, breaching a computer system used by a third party. They secured access to sensitive information such as customer names, email addresses, phone numbers and birthdays, the blue-chip Australian company said. On Sunday, Qantas said that data had...