Australian airline Qantas Airways announced that more than a
million customers were impacted by a cyber-attack earlier this month, with
phone numbers, birth dates and home addresses possibly compromised.
According to Reuters.com, Qantas officials described the
attack as one of the “country’s biggest cyber breaches in years,” with an
additional four million customers having their names and email addresses
exposed to hackers.
The airline said that investigators have found no evidence
that any personal customer data was released, but the company is working with
security officials to monitor the situation.
In total, around 5.7 million customers were possibly
impacted.
“Since the incident, we have put in place a number of
additional cyber security measures to further protect our customers’ data, and
are continuing to review what happened,” Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson told
Reuters.
Qantas officials revealed that the incident occurred on
Monday, June 30, when a cybercriminal targeted a call center and gained access
to the third-party platform. The cyberattack has impacted no flights or other
operations.
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