KEY POINTS
- The breach exposed personal details such as names, emails, phone numbers and dates of birth of customers.
- Qantas stressed that flight operations and booking systems were not affected.
- Salesforce confirmed it was 'aware of recent extortion attempts' after hackers targeted multiple global firms including Disney, Google, IKEA, Toyota and McDonald's.
Australian airline Qantas has confirmed that data from 5.7 million of its customers was published online following a major cyberattack that also affected dozens of multinational companies, including Disney, Google, IKEA, Toyota, and McDonald's.
