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Australian airline Qantas says customer data stolen by cybercriminal
Australian airline Qantas said that a hacker made off with a trove of customers’ personal data including passenger names, emails, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers.
The company said in a statement that a cybercriminal targeted one of its call centers on Monday and gained access to a third-party customer service platform that holds records for 6 million passengers. Frequent flyer accounts weren’t compromised and security credentials were not accessed, Qantas said. Qantas said it has tightened up security measures and notified Australian cyber and data privacy authorities and the federal police.
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