Qantas Data Breach Exposes Personal Details of 5.7 Million Customers

Phone numbers, addresses, and dates of birth among leaked information in one of Australia’s largest cyber incidents.
Qantas Data Breach Exposes Personal Details of 5.7 Million Customers
A Qantas and a Virgin aeroplane at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, Australia, on April 3, 2025. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images
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Qantas Airways has confirmed that personal information belonging to 5.7 million unique customers was compromised in a major cyberattack, making it one of the most significant data breaches in Australia in recent years.

The breach originated from a cyber incident at one of Qantas’s call centres last week.

Naziya Alvi Rahman
Naziya Alvi Rahman
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Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].