Qantas cyberattack update: 5.7 million customers at risk as names, emails, addresses, phone numbers obtained
Qantas announced the scope of a cyber attack in a third -party call center last week and confirmed that 5.7 million customers were affected.
After removing the recurrent records, the airline’s cyber experts found that the details of 1.2 million customers were limited to the name and E -Posta address, including 2.8 million more details and frequent flying number, including layers.
A small lower set had score balances and status loans details.
The remaining 1.7 million customers stole more details in the attack, the airline 1.3 million customers have been included in the data violation of the housing or business address, but for some, they have hotel addresses for loss luggage delivery.
1.7 million had 1.1 million birth date, 900,000 had a telephone number and 400,000 sexes.
The food preferences of 10,000 customers also emerged in the violation.
Qantas said that advising the affected customers about the personal data types stolen is increasingly sending E -mail.
Vanessa Hudson, General Manager of Qantas Group, said, ız Our absolute focus since the incident was to understand which data has been in danger for each of the 5.7 million affected customers and to share it with them as soon as possible, ”he said.
“As of today, we reach customers to inform the specific personal data fields held in the dangerous system and to provide advice on how to access the necessary support services.”
The airline warned that customers are vigilant in E -Post, short messages or telephone conversations from those alleged to be from Qantas, and to confirm the identity of the caller independently by contacting the official Qantas channels.
Cyber security experts should also ensure that everyone should not use the same passwords at multiple entries and activate two -factor authentication in all possible accounts.
On July 2, Qantas announced that a Manilya -based Call Center posing as reliable organizations to deceive sensitive data, such as the victims of cyber criminals, was in danger.
In recent weeks, the attack was similar to those who impressed North America’s Hawaiian airlines and Westjet customers, and the distribution is believed to have been carried out by a British and US -based cyber crime group.
The group is a loosely connected organization of English -speaking computer pirates, which speaks to access corporate computer systems and then sell the entry information to outer cyber sabimals that try to install and pay ransom software.
On Monday, Qantas said that last week’s “potential cyber criminal ında behind the data violation of the last week was contacted.
