Qantas Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of Airline Customers

Qantas confirmed a third-party contact-centre platform compromise that exposed personal data for up to six million customers (names, emails, phone numbers, birth dates, frequent flyer numbers). The company contained the affected system, notified regulators and law enforcement, engaged cybersecurity experts, and advised customers to enable MFA and watch for phishing; the intrusion is attributed to the Scattered Spider group and underscores supply-chain and social-engineering risks.