Virgin Australia’s Customers Fall Victim to Medibank Cyber-attack

Virgin Australia’s Customers Fall Victim to Medibank Cyber-attack
A general view of the Virgin Australia Terminal at Perth Airport in Perth, Australia, on Jan. 8, 2021. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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Thousands of Virgin Australia customers have become the latest victims in the fallout of the massive data breach at Australian private health insurance provider Medibank.

On the evening of Nov. 9, Virgin Australia was informed by Medibank that several thousand of its Velocity Frequent Flyer membership numbers were leaked in the cyber-attack.

Alfred Bui
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Alfred Bui is an Australian reporter based in Melbourne and focuses on local and business news. He is a former small business owner and has two master’s degrees in business and business law. Contact him at [email protected].
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