Qantas attack reveals one phone call is all it takes to crack cybersecurity’s weakest link: humans

theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/06/qantas-attack-reveals-one-phone-call-is-all-it-takes-to-crack-cybersecuritys-weakest-link-humans

All it can take is a phone call. That’s what 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…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-07-07 06:11:43.298000.
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