This week's update is the last remote one for a while as we wind up more than a month of travel. I'm pushing this out just before we jump on the Qantas plane home… right after they've advised just how much of my data was impacted by their breach. That got me thinking in this week's video: what type of "third-party service" would expose those classes of data? My bet is on a party dealing with frequent flyers, perhaps a call centre or other processor responsible for managing their reward program. Hopefully, investigations will lead to transparency, and we'll find out, but I wouldn't be holding my breath on that timeline. For now, here are my thoughts:
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- The UK's NCA has picked up 4 individuals they've charged with the recent attacks on big retail (it's mostly the usual story of young guys, with one exception)
- Looks like a heap of data points were exposed for my personal Qantas profile (compared to other family members, that is)
- We've welcomed Push Security to Have I Been Pwned's partner program (they're now on the business-facing pages of the dashboard)
