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Qantas Hit By Cyber Attack: Are You Affected?

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July 2, 2025
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The Australian flag carrier expects that a ‘significant’ proportion of the impacted data will have been stolen.

Russia ordered to pay reparations for MH17 attack

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July 2, 2025
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The Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people onboard including 38 Australians. Post-crash investigations laid blame on personnel supplied with Russian anti-air weaponry in the area.

Video Podcast: Qantas XLR-ates its fleet renewal

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July 2, 2025
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On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Adam and Jake discuss the latest on Qantas’ fleet changes, including plans to replace QantasLink’s Fokker 100s with Embraer E190s, and what the A321XLR might do for the national carrier beyond Australia’s sho…

WA regional fare cap scheme passes half a million passengers

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July 2, 2025
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The scheme, which has seen a total of 543,747 capped airfares since its implementation in July 2022, was earlier this year extended into June 2026. It has so far seen a commitment of more than more than $109 million in government funding.

Experts point finger at international collective over Qantas hack

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July 2, 2025
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Tony Jarvis, Field CISO and VP APJ at cyber security company Darktrace, told Australian Aviation’s sister brand Cyber Daily that the breach shows “many hallmarks of the Scattered Spider ransomware group”.

Six million Qantas customers hit in cyber attack

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July 2, 2025
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The airline said 6 million customers had service records in this platform.

Second man charged in major child sex abuse investigation

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July 2, 2025
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A second man has been charged as part of a major investigation into child sex abuse.

‘He would be dead’: What jail life is like for accused childcare rapist

Brian Evans
July 2, 2025
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Accused childcare sex predator Joshua Brown is held in isolation.

Hackers steal Qantas customer data

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July 2, 2025
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The incident on Monday resulted from a cyber criminal targeting a Qantas call centre, which gave them access to a third-party platform used for customer service. According to Qantas, the breach has been contained and there is “no impact” on the airline…

Pilot caught eating on camera before fatal helicopter crash

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July 1, 2025
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Footage from the R66’s cockpit camera showed that the autopilot was engaged while the pilot was “occupied with non-flying related tasks … specifically, mobile phone use and the consumption of food and beverages”, the ATSB said.