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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 some frequent flyers able to view strangers’ account details and possibly make changes to other users’ 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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