{"id":20693,"date":"2025-11-02T12:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/knee-jerk-corporate-responses-to-data-leaks-protect-brands-like-qantas-but-consumers-are-getting-screwed\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T12:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:37:34","slug":"knee-jerk-corporate-responses-to-data-leaks-protect-brands-like-qantas-but-consumers-are-getting-screwed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/knee-jerk-corporate-responses-to-data-leaks-protect-brands-like-qantas-but-consumers-are-getting-screwed\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas \u2014 but consumers are getting screwed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When courts ban people from accessing leaked data \u2013 as happened after the airline\u2019s data breach \u2013 only hackers and scammers win<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/nov\/02\/nationals-net-zero-party-room-meeting-coalition-labor-murray-watt-anthony-albanese-apec-mark-butler-medicare-bulk-billing-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Qantas ran it after suffering a major cybersecurity attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/oct\/11\/hackers-leak-qantas-data-containing-5-million-customer-records-after-ransom-deadline-passes\">that accessed the frequent flyer details<\/a> of 5 million customers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/nov\/02\/corporate-responses-data-leaks-protecting-brands-not-consumers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/900b764b109c3f702463815627a1bc7d3029a2bd\/876_0_7857_6286\/master\/7857.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ca5d77aebec3fe9fea2992ffed31df92\" title=\"Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas \u2014 but consumers are getting screwed\" \/>When courts ban people from accessing leaked data \u2013 as happened after the airline\u2019s data breach \u2013 only hackers and scammers win<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 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.<br \/>\nQantas ran it after suffering a major cybersecurity attack that accessed the frequent flyer details of 5 million customers. 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