More than 300,000 customer ID docs stolen in major credit card provider hack

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Financial lender, Latitude Finance, has warned customers of a major cyberattack in which more than 300,000 customer identification documents were stolen. 7NEWS

“Latitude understands that approximately 103,000 identification documents, more than 97 per cent of which are copies of drivers’ licences were stolen from the first provider,” the spokesperson said in an Australia Securities Exchange announcement.Latitude Finance partners with retailers including Harvey Norman, Urban Republic and David Jones to offer customers credit cards and buy-now-pay-later options.

“Latitude is continuing to respond to this attack and is doing everything in its power to contain the incident and prevent further theft of further customer data.” The spokesperson said further updates would be released on its website and Australia Securities Exchange.

 

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Another personal data breach .. thank goodness the upcoming Vic Govt health sharing bill has an ' opt out ' clause in it 😉

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