Qantas revealed a cyber security incident on 2 July, potentially affected 6 million customers.
Australian airline Qantas has revealed Cyber attack Potentially contains data of 6 million customers.
Cyber criminals said the names of customers, email addresses, phone numbers, date of birth and frequent flyer numbers, which through the third-party platform used by a company call center, he said. In the wrong hands, this data can lead to the orkestrated fishing attacks by bad actors and eventually identify theft or fraud.
Credit card details, personal financial information and passport details are not conducted in the breech system, according to Qantas.
“We honestly apologize to our customers and we recognize the uncertainty that this will be the reason.” CEO Vanessa Hudson said in a statement. “We are contacting our customers today and our focus is on providing them necessary help.”
Qantas is Australia’s largest airline, with international flights to serving Europe, Asia and America.
Qantas is working with local Australian officials and special cyber security experts to investigate the incident on 30 June. You can contact the dedicated support line of Qantas at 1800-971-541 or +61 2 8028 0534.
Qantas did not immediately respond to CNET’s request for comments.
What if I was influenced by this violation?
Qantas continues to investigate the complete effect of this violation, although it is expected that the stolen data will be “important”.
For now, we know that some personal information including name, email address and phone number has been stolen. Because of this, you should beware of fishing attacks, the purpose of which you are aimed at coughing your data more or expelled from your money.
As Qantas contacts affected customers, it can provide free identity theft and credit monitoring equipment. My advice is to take advantage of it. The coverage lasts for 12 months, and provides a good way to keep the pulse online on its identity.
After the proposal is over, you can also sign up to protect the identity theft on your own. Meanwhile, look at your credit report for signs of identity theft, in which you did not open with suspicious accounts.
