QANTAS

/ ˈkwɒntəs /

noun

1. the Australian national airline

Word History and Origins

Origin of QANTAS¹

acronym of Q ueensland a nd N orthern T erritory A erial S ervices, its original name: founded 1920

Example Sentences

Australian airline Qantas said Sunday that data from 5.7 million customers stolen in a major cyberattack in July had been leaked online.

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On Sunday, Qantas said that data had been leaked and that "with the help of specialist cyber security experts, we are investigating what data was part of the release".

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Australian airline Qantas said Sunday that data from 5.7 million customers stolen in a major cyberattack this year had been shared online, part of a leak reportedly involving dozens of firms.

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Qantas said in July that hackers had targeted one of its customer contact centres, breaching a computer system used by a third party.

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"Qantas is one of a number of companies globally that has had data released by cyber criminals following the airline's cyber incident in early July, where customer data was stolen via a third party platform," the company said in a statement.

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