Qantas says that infiltrators have violated the system that carries data on 6 million customers Aviation news

The leading transportation company in Australia says it believes that an important amount of personal data was stolen in the electronic attack.

The leading airline in Australia said that Cantas is investigating a major electronic attack after infiltrators reached a system of personal data belonging to 6 million customers.

The airline said on Wednesday that Cantas took “immediate steps” to secure its systems after the discovery of “extraordinary activity” on a third party platform on Monday.

Cantas said in a statement that the airline is investigating the amount of data stolen, but it expects to be “important.”

The affected data includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent passengers, but not credit card details, personal financial information or passport details, according to the airline.

Cantas said it had set additional security measures, informed the police, the Australian cybersecurity center and the Australian Information Commissioner office.

The CEO of the Qantas Vanessa Hudson has apologized to customers on the breach.

Hudson said: “Our customers trust their personal information and we bear this responsibility seriously,” Hudson said.

“We are communicating with our customers today and our focus on providing them with the necessary support.”

Data breach comes at a time when Qantas is rebuilding its reputation after a series of differences during the Covid-19s, including the disclosure of that it sold tickets for thousands of canceled flights and pressed against an offer from Qatar Airways to operate more flights to Europe.

Kantas got the lowest at all at the World Airline Awards for the last year by Skytrax, where it fell from 17 to 24, before climbing 10 sites in the 2025 rating.

Hudson’s predecessor, Alan JoyceHe stepped down two months before his retirement in 2023, with acknowledging the need for the airline “to move forward in renewing it as a priority.”

Last week, the FBI of the United States said that the Internet criminal group known as Spider Spider has expanded its targets to include airlines.

The FBI said that the piracy group often impersonates the personality of employees or contractors to publish ransom programs and steal sensitive data for blackmail.