Beyond Qantas’ data leak, Australian finance companies are also at risk of offshore hacks
- Written by Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Australians are once again being warned to tighten their online security and be extra alert to scammers, after up to 5.7 million Qantas customers’ personal details – including phone numbers and birthdays – were leaked to the dark web on Sunday.
Cyber crime supergroup Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters accessed the data back in June by...