Qantas told the Financial Times it was investigating whether the Scattered Spider cyber criminal group was behind the attack. The strike comes days after the FBI warned there were signs the group had started to target the global airline sector.

The band of English-speaking adolescent hackers collectively tracked as Scattered Spider are focusing on the airliners - and possibly preparing a pivot to the oil

Australian airline Qantas disclosed that it detected a cyberattack on Monday after threat actors gained access to a third-party platform containing customer data.