Latitude reveals nearly 8 million drivers licence numbers were stolen in cyber attack

 The fallout from a cyber attack on personal loans firm Latitude (ASX: LFS) is far worse than initially believed, with the company today announcing approximately 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand drivers licence numbers were stolen.

This is a significant increase on the 330,000 pieces of stolen personal information originally flagged by the company last week, and includes 3.2 million (or 40 per cent) drivers licence numbers that were provided to the company in the last 10 years.

For context, the number of licence numbers that were stolen equates to roughly a quarter of the combined population of Australia and New Zealand.

Read More: https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/latitude-reveals-nearly-8-million-drivers-licence-numbers-were-stolen-in-cyber-attack.html



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