Other sectors also at risk from attacks, including healthcare, finance and telecommunications, expert warns<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>All it can take is a phone call. That’s what <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/02/qantas-confirms-cyber-attack-exposes-records-of-up-to-6-million-customers”>Qantas learned this week when the personal information of up to 6 million customers was stolen by cybercriminals after attackers targeted an offshore IT call centre, enabling them to access a third-party system.It is the latest in a series of cyber-attacks on large companies in Australia involving the personal information of millions of Australians, after the <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/optus-data-breach-everything-we-know-so-far-about-what-happened”>attack on Optus, <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/17/medibank-hack-data-breach-federal-court-case”>Medibank and, most recently, <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/australian-super-funds-compromised-cybersecurity-data-breach-hack”>Australia’s $4t superannuation sector.<strong><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed”>Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</strong> <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/06/qantas-attack-reveals-one-phone-call-is-all-it-takes-to-crack-cybersecuritys-weakest-link-humans”>Continue reading…
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