14 million customer records stolen in cyber attack

Latitude Financial announced that 14m customer records, including driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, and financial statements, were stolen from its system in a cyber-attack

“As our forensic review continues to progress, we have identified that approximately 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand driver's license numbers were stolen, of which approximately 3.2 million, or 40%, were provided to us in the last 10 years. In addition, approximately 53,000 passport numbers were stolen,” the company said.

“We have also identified less than 100 customers who had a monthly financial statement stolen. We will reimburse our customers who choose to replace their stolen ID documents. A further approximately 6.1 million records dating back to at least 2005 were also stolen, of which approximately 5.7 million, or 94%, were provided before 2013,” the company added.

The company said that the records include some but not all of the following personal information: name, address, telephone, and date of birth. (ILKHA)