Cybersecurity
Stolen Qantas customer data flies onto the dark web
Qantas has revealed that stolen customer data has been released by cyber criminals. The Australian airline said it was investigating what data was released in the wake of the theft of 5.7 million customer records in July via a third-party platform. Most stolen records were name, email address and Frequent Flyer details, a smaller portion included business or home address, date of birth, phone number, gender and meal preferences but there were no credit card details, personal financial information or passport details. “There continues to be no impact to Qantas Frequent Flyer accounts. Passwords, PINs and login details were not accessed or compromised. The data that was stolen is not enough to gain access to these frequent flyer accounts,” Qantas said in a statement. The airline has an ongoing injunction through the NSW Supreme Court to prevent the stolen data being accessed, viewed, released, used, transmitted or published by anyone, including third parties. “We have also put in place additional security measures, increased training across our teams and strengthened system monitoring and detection since the incident occurred,” it said. Qantas advised all affected customers in July of the types of data in the impac
Trump calls on Microsoft to fire global affairs head
United States President Donald Trump has called for Microsoft to fire its global affairs president Lisa Monaco, calling her a “menace to U.S. National Security” due to her work for previous Democratic administrations. Monaco joined Microsoft in May. She was formerly a deputy attorney general during the Joe Biden administration and a national security aide during the Barack Obama administration, with Trump criticising her direction of investigations into his conduct. “Monaco has been shockingly hired as the President of Global Affairs for Microsoft, in a very senior role with access to Highly Sensitive Information. Monaco’s having that kind of access is unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand,” wrote Trump on Truth Social. “She is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government,” he wrote. “It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco.” Microsoft has yet to comment. Trump has repeatedly criticised Monaco for Department of Justice probes into his conduct, saying in 2023 that she was among “the Radical Left Zealots and Thugs who have been working illegally for years to ‘take me down’”. She