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Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas but consumers are getting screwed


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When courts ban people from accessing leaked data – as happened after the airline’s data breach – only hackers and scammers win

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 after suffering a major cybersecurity attack that accessed the frequent flyer details of 5 million customers.

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Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas — but consumers are getting screwed
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/02/corporate-responses-data-leaks-protecting-brands-not-consumers

When courts ban people from accessing leaked data – as happened after the airline’s data breach – only hackers and scammers win

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 after suffering a major cybersecurity attack that accessed the frequent flyer details of 5 million customers.

Continue reading...

Cybercrime
Internet
Technology
Qantas
Data and computer security
Data protection
Airline industry
Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:00:41 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/02/corporate-responses-data-leaks-protecting-brands-not-consumers

Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP


Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP


Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Josh Taylor Technology reporter
2025-11-01T19:00:41Z

Source: Guardian
Source Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/02/corporate-responses-data-leaks-protecting-brands-not-consumers


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