# Quantas app gives out passenger info to the wrong people

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 1, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantas-app-gives-out-passenger-info-to-the-wrong-people/1001014 "2024-05-01T14:41:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantas-app-gives-out-passenger-info-to-the-wrong-people/1001014/1 "2024-05-01T14:41:53Z")

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That’s a heck of a glitch. Maybe they got hacked? And of course scammers jumped on the issue.

> **[Qantas: Airline investigates after app lets customers see strangers' data](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68925710)**
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> The airline has apologised after users of its app were mistakenly given access to personal details.

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**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantas-app-gives-out-passenger-info-to-the-wrong-people/1001014/2 "2024-05-02T15:47:53Z")

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Reminds me of the Steam account caching issue described by Tom Scott a few years ago: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkSslseq9Y8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkSslseq9Y8)