Qantas data breach deepens, hackers leak customer info as ransom deadline ends

Months after data belonging nearly 5.7 million customers of Australian airline Qantas was stolen, the information was leaked on Saturday by hackers, who had reportedly set a ransom deadline for October 10.

The data was stolen as part of a major cyberattack after hackers targeted one of the airline’s customer contact centres. In June, a third-party used computer system in one of Qantas’ customer contact centres was breached.