Data of 328,000 Customers Stolen in Hack of Australian Financial Firm

Data of 328,000 Customers Stolen in Hack of Australian Financial Firm
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Daniel Y. Teng
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Over 328,000 customers of Latitude Financial have had their data stolen during a “sophisticated and malicious” cyber-attack.

On March 16, the Melbourne-based consumer finance provider—one of the biggest non-banking lenders in the country—called for a halt to trading and revealed the incident had been isolated.

Daniel Y. Teng
Daniel Y. Teng
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Daniel Y. Teng is based in Brisbane, Australia. He focuses on national affairs, including federal politics and Australia-China relations. Got a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
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