Latitude Financial hit by cyber attack, more than 300,000 identity documents stolen
abc.net.au/news/latitude-hack-300000-identity-documents-stolen/102104424Buy now, pay later and finance company Latitude Financial has been hit by "sophisticated and malicious cyber attack cyber attack", with more than 300,000 personal identity documents stolen.Latitude says the attack started from a major vendor the company uses, which they then used to obtain Latitude employee credentials.
103,000 identity documents — with 97 per cent of those being copies of drivers' licences from one providerLatitude says it's "doing everything in its power to contain the incident and prevent the theft of further customer data", and is contacting those customers affected by the attack. Latitude provides buy now, pay later schemes to a number of major Australian retailers, including Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, David Jones and The Good Guys.
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