Qantas 'contacted by potential cybercriminal' after attack on data of up to 6 million customers

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18 hours ago

Qantas says it has been contacted by "a potential cybercriminal" less than a week after revealing a "significant" breach and theft of data on up to 6 million of its customers from its records during a cyber attack.
The airline said in a statement on Monday that it is working to verify the legitimacy of the contact and have contacted the Australian Federal Police.
It has not confirmed the nature of the contact or whether a ransom was sought.
The update comes after the airline detected unusual activity on a third-party platform used by a Qantas contact centre.
Qantas said last week that it was investigating the proportion of the data that had been stolen, though it expected it would be "significant".
The airline says that it is continuing to work with "specialist cybersecurity experts to forensically analyse the impacted system".
That investigation has determined that the system is now secure and no credit card details, personal financial information or passport details were accessed in the breach.
"We want to reassure all of our customers that there is no impact to Qantas' operations or the safety of our airline," Qantas said in a statement.