Now imagine if this was Australia’s Digital ID Repo MyID, or any other Digital ID scheme…

Hackers have threatened Qantas and 38 other companies to pay a ransom by the end of the week or face their stolen data being published online.

In June, Australia’s largest airline Qantas suffered a data breach which saw nearly six million customers’ data compromised after cybercriminals convinced a call centre in the Philippines to grant them access to an unnamed, third-party customer service platform.