Latitude Financial confirms that the cyber hack on its systems this month was far worse than originally thought, with 7.9 million drivers' licence numbers stolen.
abc.net.au/news/latitude-far-worse-cyberhacking-almost-8-million-people/102141364Latitude Financial has confirmed that the cyber hack on its systems this month was far worse than originally thought, with 7.9 million drivers' licence numbers stolen.
The company first announced the hack on March 16 and said it believed the data of around 330,000 people had been accessed. In an update to the ASX, it said of the 7.9 million drivers' licence numbers now thought to have been stolen, around 40 per cent — or 3.2 million — were provided to the non-bank lender in the past 10 years.
Latitude said an additional 6.1 million records that were provided to the company dating back to "at least 2005" were also stolen in the cyber attack, with roughly 5.7 million — or 94 per cent — provided prior to 2013.The company also says around 53,000 passport numbers were stolen, and fewer than 100 customers had their monthly financial statements stolen.
"We are committed to working closely with impacted customers and applicants to minimise the risk and disruption to them."We urge all our customers to be vigilant and on the lookout for suspicious behaviour relating to their accounts."Latitude said there had been no suspicious activity in its systems since it first disclosed the hack on March 16.
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