Australian airline Qantas has disclosed a cyberattack potentially comprising the data of 6 million customers.

Australian airline Qantas has confirmed a cybersecurity breach that impacts the personal data of six million customers.

Qantas is contacting customers after a cyber attack targeted their third-party customer service platform. On 30 June, the Australian airline detected "unusual activity" on a platform used by its contact centre to store the data of six million people, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers.