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Cyberattack hits main airline, as much as 6M buyer profiles uncovered

Editorial Board Published July 8, 2025
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Australian airline Qantas stated it suffered a cybersecurity incident that impacted the non-public knowledge of hundreds of thousands of shoppers.

The service stated it was contacting clients on Wednesday to tell them it had detected “unusual activity” on a third-party platform utilized by a Qantas airline contact heart, which holds service data for six million individuals. 

After discovering the bizarre exercise Monday, the corporate stated it “took immediate steps and contained the system” and that every one of its methods have remained safe ever since. The corporate remains to be investigating how a lot knowledge was stolen, nevertheless it expects it to be “significant.”

NOTORIOUS HACKER GROUP SETS SIGHTS ON AIRLINE INDUSTRY IN ALARMING SECURITY THREAT

Nonetheless, the airline confirmed that bank card particulars, private monetary info and passport particulars are usually not held on this system. Frequent flyer accounts, passwords, PINs and log-in particulars weren’t impacted. 

“We sincerely apologise to our customers and we recognize the uncertainty this will cause. Our customers trust us with their personal information and we take that responsibility seriously,” Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson stated in an announcement. 

Australian airline Qantas stated it suffered a cybersecurity incident that impacted the non-public knowledge of hundreds of thousands of shoppers. (DAVID GRAY/AFP by way of Getty Photographs) / Getty Photographs)

The service additionally established a devoted buyer assist line in addition to a devoted web page on its web site to supply the most recent info to clients. 

HACKERS TARGET INSURANCE GIANT IN ONGOING INDUSTRY CYBER SPREE

The cyberattack comes days after U.S. officers warned {that a} infamous cybercriminal group was focusing on the airline sector.

The FBI posted on X final week that the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” depends on “social engineering techniques, often impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks” to grant entry to methods and steal delicate knowledge for extortion. 

The group regularly includes strategies to bypass multifactor authentication (MFA), reminiscent of convincing assist desk companies so as to add unauthorized MFA gadgets to compromised accounts. 

“They target large corporations and their third-party IT providers, which means anyone in the airline ecosystem, including trusted vendors and contractors, could be at risk,” the FBI wrote.

Qantas Airways plane

The service additionally established a devoted buyer assist line in addition to a devoted web page on its web site to supply the most recent info to clients. (Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

The FBI’s warning got here at some point after Hawaiian Airways stated it was addressing a cybersecurity occasion that has affected a few of its IT methods. Nonetheless, it stated it was in a position to proceed working its full flight schedule. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) security workplace stated it was in touch with the airline and that there was no influence on security. 

Hawaiian Airlines check-in at LAX

The FBI’s warning got here at some point after Hawaiian Airways stated it was addressing a cybersecurity occasion that has affected a few of its IT methods. (Mario Tama / Getty Photographs)

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Kelly Siegel, CEO of trusted IT managed companies supplier firm, Nationwide Know-how Administration, advised FOX Enterprise that the FBI’s warning is “a stark reminder of how vulnerable even our most critical infrastructure remains.”

“Cyber threats aren’t hypothetical – they’re a relentless reality, and our airlines are in the crosshairs,” he stated.

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