"The Qantas data, which was stolen from a Salesforce database in a major cyber-attack in June, included customers' email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers. It did not contain credit card details, financial information or passport details. On Saturday the group marked the data as leaked, writing: Don't be the next headline, should have paid the ransom."
"The hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters released an extortion note on a data leaks site on the dark web last week, demanding payment in return for preventing the stolen data from being shared. The airline is one of more than 40 firms globally caught up in the hack, reported to contain up to 1 billion customer records."
"Jeremy Kirk, the executive editor of Cyber Threat Intelligence, said 44 companies had been included in the leak including Gap, Vietnam Airlines, Toyota, Disney, McDonald's, Ikea, and Adidas. He said the hacker group was well known and operated out of countries such as the US, UK and Australia. This particular group is not a new threat; they've been around for some time, Kirk said. But they're very skilled in knowing how companies have connected different systems together."
Hackers leaked personal records of 5 million Qantas customers on the dark web after a ransom deadline passed. The compromised Qantas records originated from a Salesforce database breached in June and included email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers. The stolen dataset did not include credit card, financial or passport details. The hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters demanded payment to prevent sharing and later marked the Qantas data as leaked. At least 44 companies are implicated in a wider leak reportedly containing up to 1 billion customer records. Qantas offers 24/7 support and identity protection advice, and Salesforce said it will not pay extortion demands.
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