Qantas passengers’ personal details exposed as airline app logs users into wrong account

Airline investigating whether privacy breach allowing customers to view others’ account details was caused by ‘recent system changes’

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Potentially thousands of Qantas customers have had their personal details made public via the airline’s app, with strangers able to view other users’ account details and possibly make changes to existing bookings.

Clare Gemmell from Sydney said that she and four colleagues encountered the problem shortly after 8.30 on Wednesday morning.

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