Made a formal complaint to the OAIC - which has a purpose of "making sure that Australian Government agencies and organisations with an annual turnover of more than $3 million, and some other organisations, follow the Privacy Act 1988 and other laws when handling personal information" - about the #Qantas data leak.

If they get away with a slap on the wrist, and not a big fine (and ideally a payment to each customer), I'll be annoyed. The OAIC's purpose is to ensure adherence to the law. Without a massive bloody fine, they'll be as useless as ACMA (and that's pretty useless).

#AusPol

Qantas faces major cyberattack exposing sensitive customer data, prompting urgent security investigation. #Qantas #CyberAttack #DataBreach #AviationNews

https://www.mysearch.ai/qantas-news-today-cyberattack-exposes-customer-data-1210/

Qantas Data Breach Exposes 5 Million Customer Records After Ransom Deadline

A hacker collective named Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has leaked personal data of around 5 million Qantas customers on the dark web after a ransom deadline passed. The airline is one of 44 companies worldwide affected by a widespread cyber-attack that has exposed up to 1 billion customer records. The ... [More info]

Australian airline Qantas said Sunday that data from 5.7 million customers stolen in a major cyberattack this year had been shared online, part of a leak affecting dozens of firms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/12/tech/qantas-data-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #airlines #australia #qantas #cyberattacks #hacking #computers #tech

Lapsus$ Hunters leak ~5.7M Qantas customer records after vendor ransom deadline lapses
- By Cait Kelly

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/11/hackers-leak-qantas-data-containing-5-million-customer-records-after-ransom-deadline-passes
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/cybersecurity-cyber-threats-protection/?story=b39c5b58-7ae8-4dd5-951c-8d655a8b94f8
#qantas #aviation

🚨 Breaking news: #Qantas joins the elite club of companies that think ignoring hackers will make them go away. 🙄 5 million customers can now enjoy the thrill of identity theft, courtesy of an airline that thought a "ransom deadline" was just a suggestion. ✈️🔓
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/11/hackers-leak-qantas-data-containing-5-million-customer-records-after-ransom-deadline-passes #Security #Breach #IdentityTheft #Cybersecurity #Ransomware #AirlineNews #HackerNews #ngated

Hackers leak Qantas data on 5 million customers after ransom deadline passes

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/11/hackers-leak-qantas-data-containing-5-million-customer-records-after-ransom-deadline-passes

#HackerNews #Hackers #Qantas #Data #Breach #Cybersecurity #Ransomware #CustomerPrivacy

Welp, there it is. Can't say much about the data due to the injunction Qantas took out, but it's now public, on both the clear- and dark webs.

#qantas #databreach #ransomware #cybersecurity

https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/12759-qantas-hackers-dump-more-than-5-million-customer-records-to-clear-and-darkweb-leak-sites

Quick update for those wondering if #ScatteredLAPSUSHunters actually started leaking the Salesforce victims on the onion leak site:

Yes. They started with 6 of the 39 companies: #Qantas, #Albertsons, #GAP, #VietnamAirlines, #Fujifilm, and #EngieResources.

Clicking on the download link in the company's listing takes you to a Limewire link for downloading the data.

When the onion was timing out, links were posted in the Telegram channel that would take users to the listings on Breachsta[.]rs forum. To download any of these leaks from their forum listings costs 4 credits.

So the same Shiny who wrote a statement claiming forums are dead planned and implemented a plan to leak the data in a forum in the event there was interference with, or problems with, the onion leak site.

And yes, I tested a download, and it worked.

With that, I bid you all good night, and see you tomorrow.

#databreach #Salesforce

What if SLSH did not release the Qantas or Salesforce data BUT stated that the company paid the ransom. They could move bitcoin around from unknown accounts to backup their claim.

How could Qantas or any company refute that statement. In countries where paying a ransom is illegal the company could get into a heap of trouble.

#ransomware #qantas #salesforce #lapsus

@spmatich So when #albanesedonothing said he never saw corruption in the federal government he actually meant it is hard to see it when your up to your neck in it. #gambling #qantas.

lol, my #qantas flight was delayed by 15 min, now they've just announced the dunny is broken so make sure you go before we leave

… Further, Qantas won't be notifying the owners of the domains that their customers' email addresses are on. Many people will be using their work email address for their Qantas account, and when you tie that together with the other exposed data attributes, that creates organisational risk. Companies want to know when corporate assets (including email addresses) are exposed in a data breach, and unfortunately, we won't be able to provide them with that information.
…

#HIBP #QANTAS

"Court Injunctions are the Thoughts and Prayers of Data Breach Response"

@ troyhunt @ infosec.exchange

https://www.troyhunt.com/court-injunctions-are-the-thoughts-and-prayers-of-data-breach-response/

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As such, I was particularly interested when they applied for, and were granted, a court injunction of their own. Why? What possible upside does this provide? …
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From an HIBP perspective, we obviously can't load that data. It's very likely that hundreds of thousands of our subscribers will be impacted, and we won't be able to let them know …

#HIBP #QANTAS

https://youtu.be/AzbztNQ3Dm0?si=gyDHuvbLcbucnQib

Valid points all around. Work rules based on human science enforced for one work group and blown off for another takes its toll. Not just on the ramp, but in all service areas attached to this airline.

#qantas #Jetstar #racetothebottom

Qantas among nearly 40 companies facing ransom demand from hacker group

Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters reportedly threatening to leak stolen personal data from dozens of firms in major extortion attempt

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/08/qantas-among-nearly-40-companies-facing-ransom-demand-from-hacker-group

No doubt the Aus gov will get the wet lettuce leaf out

#News #Qantas #Hacked #DataLeak

NEW: Just days before its data might be leaked, Qantas Airways obtained a permanent injunction

https://databreaches.net/2025/10/04/just-days-before-its-data-might-be-leaked-qantas-airways-obtained-a-permanent-injunction/

#injunction #censorship #pressfreedom #Qantas #Salesforce #databreach

Qantas Frequent Flyer Program sparks backlash as travelers criticize sudden point devaluation impacting rewards. #Qantas #FrequentFlyer #TravelNews #AirlineUpdates

https://www.mysearch.ai/qantas-frequent-flyer-program-faces-backlash-over-devaluation-0110/

What is Australia’s worst company?

It’s been a rotten… year… well, decade, for Australian business. No sooner did the big banks get busted…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AlanBondAwardforCorporateEvil #AU #Australia #bigfourbanks #coles #Companies #NewsCorp #Qantas #santos #woodside #Woolworths
https://www.newsbeep.com/158283/