Australia’s largest airline Qantas Airways says hackers have released customer data after one of biggest cyber breaches in the country

Australia’s Qantas Airways has announced that it was among a number of companies whose customer data has been published by cybercriminals. This release follows a major cyber breach in early July where the airline’s customer data was stolen via a third-party platform. Qantas Airways is Australia’s largest airline company and the hacking incident was one of the largest cyber breaches in the country in years.

“With the help of specialist cyber security experts, we are investigating what data was part of the release,” Qantas stated on Sunday (October 12), as per news agency Reuters.