Qantas said on July 2 that the company is investigating a “major” cyber attack. According to its report, the hacker hacked into a Qantas data system containing private information about 6 million customers, threatening to cause large-scale data leaks. Qantas said in a statement that the company discovered “abnormal activity” on its third-party customer service platform on June 30, indicating that the hacker had hacked into a customer contact center system and was able to obtain private information such as the names, email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and birthdays of about 6 million customers. “We are still investigating exactly how much of the data was stolen, but we expect the leak to be large.”

Qantas said on July 2 that the company is investigating a “major” cyber attack. According to its report, the hacker hacked into a Qantas data system containing private information about 6 million customers, threatening to cause large-scale data leaks. Qantas said in a statement that the company discovered “abnormal activity” on its third-party customer service platform on June 30, indicating that the hacker had hacked into a customer contact center system and was able to obtain private information such as the names, email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and birthdays of about 6 million customers. “We are still investigating exactly how much of the data was stolen, but we expect the leak to be large.”