Cyber-attacks on a finance company belonging to Latitude Financial that could have compromised the privacy of more than 300,000 people may have led to the breach of more than 300,000 people’s data in New Zealand and Australia.
With Genoapay, Gem Visa, and GO Mastercard, the company also provides 28° Global credit cards, Infinity Rewards credit cards, and Low Rate credit cards. It also provides personal loans and vehicle loans through Latitude.
Meanwhile, two Latitude service providers had been compromised and some of their personal information had been stolen. According to an announcement published by the company on the Australian share market, this affected customers across Australia and New Zealand.
A sophisticated cyberattack has resulted in the theft of more than 100,000 identification documents including customer information. This includes 225,000 records relating to the customers of consumer lender Latitude Financial.
It was disclosed in a statement to the market on Thursday that the majority of identification documents used by the lender were copies of motorist licenses, which are issued by companies such as JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman who offer personal loans and credit to their customers.