Qantas hit by major cyber attack exposing personal data of six million customers

AlArabiya English

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00:00Was your data caught in the Qantas cyber attack?

00:03Australia's flagship airline Qantas has confirmed the major cyber attack affecting up to 6 million customer accounts

00:09marking one of the country's biggest data breaches in years.

00:12The hack exposed names, contact details, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers

00:17though the airline insists safety and flight operations remain unaffected.

00:20Qantas says the breach occurred through a third-party call center platform

00:24and responded swiftly after detecting suspicious activity.

00:27While the airline has not identified the attacker, the FBI recently warned of a hacker group known as Scattered Spider targeting global airlines.

00:34Cybersecurity experts including Mandiant urge all carriers to remain on high alert.

00:39Shares dropped 2.4% following the announcement.

00:42CEO Vanessa Hudson says Qantas takes its responsibility for customer data seriously and has notified national cybersecurity agencies.

00:50Investigations into the full extent of the breach are ongoing.

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