Australia's biggest breach in years marked a setback for an airline rebuilding trust after a reputational crisis.

Australian airline Qantas said that a hacker made off with a trove of customers’ personal data including passenger names, emails, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers.

A cyber attack was the furtherest thing from Vanessa Hudson’s mind, as she enjoyed her annual leave far away from the New South Wales’ “bomb cyclone” for the heatwave of Europe.