Qantas has experienced a significant cyber-attack that may have exposed the personal data of up to six million customers. The breach, first detected on June 30, involved a third-party contact center platform containing customer names, emails, phone numbers, birth dates, and frequent flyer numbers, but no financial or passport information.
The attacker’s identity remains unknown, but the methods used resemble those of the Scattered Spider ransomware group, which has been targeting airlines and retailers in the US and UK.
It’s easy to place too much faith in a company’s cybersecurity when you hand over your information to log in, but hacking is easier and more common than we’d like to think. Just ask the Australian teen who hacked Apple…
Based on a list from CSO Online, which composed a ranking not on the number of records compromised, but on how much damage the breach caused for companies and users, check out this gallery to see the surprising big-name companies you never knew were hacked.