Qantas CEO, Top Executives Lose $522,000 in Pay for Cyberattack

Sept. 5, 2025, 1:49 AM UTC

Qantas Airways Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Vanessa Hudson and her top leadership team were docked A$800,000 ($522,000) in pay for a cyberbreach that impacted millions of customers, as the airline attempts to show it’s taking a harder line on accountability and governance.

Hudson forfeited A$250,000 in compensation, while the airline’s five executive managers lost a combined A$550,000, Qantas said in its annual report, released Friday. Hudson’s total remuneration still climbed to A$6.31 million for the 12 months ended June, up from A$4.38 million a year earlier.

Vanessa Hudson in Sydney on Aug. 28.
Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg

Qantas detected the cyberattack on June 30, the last day of the financial ...

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