When courts ban people from accessing leaked data as happened after the recent Qantas data breach only hackers and scammers win<ul><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>It’s become the playbook for big Australian companies that have customer data stolen in a cyber-attack: call in the lawyers and get a court to block anyone from accessing it.Qantas ran it recently after suffering a major cybersecurity attack <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/11/hackers-leak-qantas-data-containing-5-million-customer-records-after-ransom-deadline-passes”>that accessed the frequent flyer details of 5 million customers. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/02/corporate-responses-data-leaks-protecting-brands-not-consumers”>Continue reading…
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