A Qantas Airbus A330-202 plane, registration VH-EBM, passing the air traffic control tower as she taxis at Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport in preparation for departure as flight QF43 to Denpasar.
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The personal data of 5.7 million Qantas customers has been released on the dark web by hackers, after a ransom date came and went yesterday.

Qantas was among 40 other companies involved in a hack, which included major names like Toyota, Disney, and IKEA. This breach by the hacker group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters resulted in the theft of nearly 1 billion customer records from the cloud technology company Salesforce in July.

A Qantas Airbus A330-202 plane, registration VH-EBM, passing the air traffic control tower as she taxis at Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport in preparation for departure as flight QF43 to Denpasar.
Qantas was one of 40 major companies exposed in the data breach.(Supplied)

This data breach also revealed personal information, including home addresses and phone numbers of various politicians, as Cyber Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness confirmed during Senate estimates earlier this week.

“A threat actor has claimed the theft of data… Qantas has informed all those affected, and it is possible the threat actor currently holds the data. Normally, the operational experts would work to verify this, and our operational organizations would address this inquiry,” she stated.

It is not believed credit card details or passport numbers were compromised in the breach.

Qantas has been contacted for comment.

It previously told 9news.com.au: “Ensuring continued vigilance and providing ongoing support for our customers remain our top priorities following our cyber incident in early July.

“We are providing a 24/7 support line and expert identity protection guidance to affected customers. Additionally, an ongoing injunction from the NSW Supreme Court gives us legal measures to prevent the stolen data from being accessed or released.”

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