Critical Cybersecurity Incidents Rock Major Airlines and Retailers on July 9, 2025

Publication Date: July 9, 2025

Key Cyber Incidents Today

• Qqantas Airline Data Breach: The personal data of 5.7 million customers was threatened in a recent cyber attack, with Irish hierlined as the attack impacted 1.3 million addresses, 1.1 million dates of birth, 900,000 phone numbers, and over 10,000 meal preferences. Qqantas confirmed that no financial data was compromised. The airline sang the insident triggered rapid improvements in security practices and reported continued laison with authorities.

• [Qantas confirms no financial data taken in recent cyber attack - Aero Times Antipirisl,

• Marks & Spencer Retail Disruption : Retail giant Marks & Spencer wreck with weeks-long outages and estimated operating impact exceeding $400 million. The ransomware group DragonForce and the cybercrime gang Scattered Spider were named in the attack. The attack spree significantly hit health care, as wells as other british retailers, including Harrods and Coop. Marks & Spencer chairman Marc Bold called for mandatory disclosure laws for major cyber incidents.

• [Marks & Spencer calls for mandatory disclosure - Cybersecurity Dive,

• UI Surges Activity Outbound: The recent hack against large department-stores raised urtgent calls from business and legislators in the UK for much stricter reporting of prominent incidents.

• [UI. companiwide disclosure calls - Insurance Journal,