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The Guardian • Josh Taylor

Qantas Confirms Data Breach Exposed 6 Million Customer Accounts

Qantas has confirmed a significant cyberattack on one of its contact centres, with personal data for more than 6 million customers accessed and likely stolen. Security experts have linked the breach to the Scattered Spider ransomware group, marking Australia’s largest airline data compromise in years.

2025-07-01T17:05:06.934295-07:00

Aviation Source

Suspected Attacker Contacts Qantas After 6M-Customer Data Breach

2025-07-07T18:03:24.716660-07:00

Via Satellite

Space TS and Synergy Quantum to Build India’s First Indigenous Quantum-Secure Satellite

2025-07-08T13:09:50.551023-07:00

Airline Economics

Delta Can Sue CrowdStrike Over July 2024 IT Outage That Canceled 7,000 Flights

2025-05-20T07:33:23.064694-07:00

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Reuters

Aeroflot Cancels Over 100 Flights as Cyberattack Cripples Systems, Schedule Stabilises Russian flag carrier Aeroflot grounded more than 100 flights on Monday after a large-scale cyberattack disrupted its IT systems, extending into Tuesday with dozens more cancellations before the airline said its schedule had returned to near-normal operations.

2025-07-29T02:47:59.258510-07:00

Aeroflot Cancels Over 100 Flights as Cyberattack Cripples Systems, Schedule Stabilises

Australian Aviation

Documents reveal Qantas hacker’s 72-hour ransom deadline and attack timeline New court submissions show Qantas was given a 72-hour ultimatum by the ransomware group after its June data breach. The Australian carrier’s injunction filings provide the first detailed timeline of the attack on its third-party contact centre, and the subsequent negotiations and security response.

2025-07-22T18:12:06.320752-07:00

Documents reveal Qantas hacker’s 72-hour ransom deadline and attack timeline

Breaking Defense

Lockheed Martin Warns of Surge in Cyber Threats to Space Domain Lockheed Martin cautioned that cyber attacks on space assets are rising in frequency, severity and sophistication, underscoring that space is now a warfighting domain. At today’s Space ISAC conference, senior software engineer Sreenidhi Tummala urged industry to bolster cybersecurity across satellites, ground stations and upstream defense systems.

2025-07-18T14:26:18.550656-07:00

Lockheed Martin Warns of Surge in Cyber Threats to Space Domain

tectonicdefense.com

New North Ventures secures $45M anchor from DoD, SBA in first close of $80M Defense Tech Fund II New North Ventures announced the first close of its second venture fund with $45 million in anchor commitments from the Department of Defense and SBA’s SBIC program. The firm aims to raise $80 million, with capacity to expand to $100 million, to back dual-use defense and security startups.

2025-07-18T06:43:09.911800-07:00

New North Ventures secures $45M anchor from DoD, SBA in first close of $80M Defense Tech Fund II

Wall Street Journal

Earth’s Crust Magnetism Offers Novel Backup to GPS for Aircraft Navigation As GPS signals face increasing threats from spoofing and jamming, researchers are exploring a navigation system based on measuring subtle variations in Earth’s crustal magnetic fields. The approach promises a reliable, passive backup for commercial and military aircraft in contested or signal-denied environments.

2025-07-15T04:27:33.722222-07:00

Earth’s Crust Magnetism Offers Novel Backup to GPS for Aircraft Navigation

Associated Press

Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Leaking Top-Secret Ukraine War Intel on Dating Site David Slater, a retired US Army officer working as a civilian at Offutt Air Force Base, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit classified intelligence on Russia's war against Ukraine via a foreign dating site. Sentencing is set for October 8, with prosecutors recommending six to seven years in prison.

2025-07-14T10:21:29.993110-07:00

Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Leaking Top-Secret Ukraine War Intel on Dating Site

Aviation Source

Qantas confirms no financial data taken as call-centre hack exposes 5.7M frequent-flyer records Qantas warns that a July 9 call-centre hack exposed personal details of 5.7 million frequent-flyer customers but that no financial data appears to have been taken. The airline has begun notifying affected members as it works to determine the full scope of the breach.

2025-07-08T19:01:11.339308-07:00

Qantas confirms no financial data taken as call-centre hack exposes 5.7M frequent-flyer records

Via Satellite

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Space TS and Synergy Quantum to Build India’s First Indigenous Quantum-Secure Satellite Space TS and Synergy Quantum have partnered to co-develop what could become India’s first locally designed quantum-secure satellite, targeting ultra-secure key distribution for defense and commercial networks. The collaboration leverages Synergy Quantum’s encryption expertise and Space TS’s spacecraft integration capabilities.

2025-07-08T13:09:50.551023-07:00

Space TS and Synergy Quantum to Build India’s First Indigenous Quantum-Secure Satellite

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