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Haha. I keep getting fake emails from Qantas telling me my FF points are actually worth something!

Who is suggesting that. As you say, they can’t control the weather. And it was a pretty significant weather event that left aircraft and crews out of position. Seems like a difficult situation, not of their making, that was handled pretty well. I put “fault” in quotes to differentiate it...

Couple of things to consider. It's not just financial institutions. It's anything. The whole ID theft thing is incremental. They get a bit of data here, find a service that is quite weak, log into that and get some more attributes on the individual, then move to more hardened services as...

That’s pretty good considering it was weather related and not the airline’s “fault”!

Article strongly reinforces the point that several of us made earlier: He told news.com.au the ‘date-of-birth’ being leaked was of greatest concern. “The kind of information that has been stolen, you use it everywhere … they define you. I can change my credit card number, it’s annoying and...

They may well still be in the “we don’t know what we don’t know” stage. I wouldn’t be surprised if they drip feed announcements of further breaches in coming days, such as additional data fields that were stolen, beyond those already announced, or more customers affected than originally thought.

I remember that case and it was terribly sad. Wasn't it a couple of Australian shock jocks behind it? In contrast this AFF thread, to its credit, doesn't appear to be going after the unfortunate sod who reportedly succumbed to the social engineering hack. Rather I am seeing calls for board and...

I had a phishing SMS attempt from a +63 number. Philippines! Likewise. I can't recall ringing them for several years. I've shifted most of our travel to Emirates and JAL.

Indeed. There's even a recognised term for this modus operandi: Social Hacking "Social hacking, also known as social engineering, refers to the manipulation of individuals to gain access to systems, information, or physical spaces. It relies on psychological manipulation and deception rather...

Sure, but as the poster I was responding to correctly observed: (my emphasis in bold) This is potentially damaging, as the data Qantas has leaked is enough for a bad actor to authenticate as "you" with other service providers. The genie is out of the bottle.

And it’s one thing that can’t be changed. QF can issue fresh FF numbers. After the Optus hack, SNSW gave out new Drivers Licence ID’s to affected persons, making the stolen data much less useful to bad actors. But a DOB can never be changed. If an organisation leaks that, they should be...

But do you boil your knickers in them?

People boil their soiled underwear in them. They’ve also been known to cook raw chicken in them. https://au.news.yahoo.com/gross-travel-hack-hotel-guests-wash-underwear-in-boiling-kettle-36865532.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/man-called-unhinged-using-hotel-28663552.amp

Largely agree with what youre saying. There is a middle ground here. People sometimes seem to think the only alternative to HLO is travelling like Imelda Marcos with 10 suitcases and 500 pairs of shoes. HLO works for some trips, but it's definitely not a one size fits all solution. For...

Never, ever use a hotel room kettle.

Bags do take a lot of punishment. Best considered as a consumable that lasts about 5 years Any more than that is a bonus.

I wouldn't be comfortable with that connection. Ring up and ask for the night before.

And keep a photo of your passport too. Save it under Favourites.

Don’t book layovers less than 2hr. 3 if it’s Heathrow.

Hope there was a dash cam