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.

The hack of the Australian carrier follows recent incidents at Hawaiian Airlines and Canada’s WestJet. Here’s what you need to know. Qantas said on Wednesday it is contacting customers after a cyberattack targeted a third-party customer service platform that stored the personal data of 6 million customers.

The only airline in the world that flies to all seven continents, Qantas, has fallen victim to a cyberattack that has exposed the data of millions of customers.