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A major financial services company that provides credit cards to thousands of Australians has revealed it has been involved in a cyber security breach.

“Hope my safety isn‘t compromised however not really reassured it will be at all.” “There is literally no info.” When they realised it was a cyber security breach, the firm took “immediate action” to minimise the damage. Along with whatever other details they have of me and the personal incident that Latitude have a wealth of information on. Latitude is now working with police and the Australian Cyber Security Centre to investigate the incident. Customers have been left furious and nervous as they have yet to be notified if they are one of the unlucky ones involved in the breach, and if so, what information has been stolen. “Latitude apologises to the impacted customers and is taking immediate steps to contact them,” the statement added. “The attacker appears to have used the employee login credentials to steal personal information that was held by two other service providers,” the company said in a statement to the ASX. “I am a Latitude customer and just wanted to confirm at present no one knows or can even find out who is affected by the hack as there is no way to contact anyone at Latitude to get any clarity,” one person told news.com.au. Major Australian financial services company Latitude has revealed it has become the victim of a cyber attack. ASX-listed Latitude, which provides credit cards to thousands of Australians, announced on Thursday morning that it has been targeted in a “sophisticated and malicious cyber attack”. A major financial services company that provides credit cards to thousands of Australians has revealed it has been involved in a cyber security breach.

Staff logins used to attack third-party service providers. Latitude Financial has revealed a cyber attack and data breach that impacts approximately 225,000 ...

It is also working with the Australian Cyber Security Centre, has alerted “relevant” law enforcement agencies, and has engaged “several cyber security specialists”. The company said it is “doing everything in its power to contain the incident and prevent the theft of further customer data”. The company said that "unusual activity" was detected on systems; it said the activity "is believed to have originated from a major vendor" it engages.

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“Latitude is continuing to respond to this attack and is doing everything in its power to contain the incident and prevent further theft of further customer data.” The company said the attack originated in a vendor used by the service. A spokesperson for the company said unusual activity was detected on its systems over the last few days, and it appeared the company’s records had been hacked.

An Australian finance company said it has had the data of over 300000 customers stolen in a "sophisticate...

"The attacker appears to have used the employee login credentials to steal personal information that was held by two other service providers. "The attacker was able to obtain Latitude employee login credentials before the incident was isolated," it said. In a statement to the ASX, the firm said a "major vendor used by Latitude" was targeted in the attack.

Intellectual property law giant IPH Limited (ASX: IPH), two of its member firms and personal loans provider Latitude Group (ASX: LFS) have all alerted ...

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The personal lender said 103000 customer ID documents and 225000 customer records had been stolen by an attacker that hit some of its tech vendors.

Based in our Sydney newsroom, James is a former Legal Affairs and Capital editor for the Financial Review Connect with James on [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) This forced the lender to slash its final dividend. The shares will remain in a halt until the extent of the breach becomes clearer. About 225,000 customer records had been stolen from the second service provider. This would impact [lending] volumes in the short-term, but at this juncture it is too difficult to tell how long this will take.” The personal lender said it was continuing to respond to the attack and “doing everything in [our] power to contain the incident and prevent the theft of further customer data”.

Consumer lender Latitude Financial has been hit by a “sophisticated and malicious cyber-attack” that has resulted in the theft of more than 100,000 ...

Latitude is headed by Ahmed Fahour, a former chief executive of Australia Post. “Latitude is continuing to respond to this attack and is doing everything in its power to contain the incident and prevent the theft of further customer data, including isolating and removing access to some customer-facing and internal systems.” “Latitude apologises to the impacted customers and is taking immediate steps to contact them,” the company said. “While Latitude took immediate action, the attacker was able to obtain Latitude employee login credentials before the incident was isolated,” the company said. Consumer lender Latitude Financial has been hit by a “sophisticated and malicious cyber-attack” that has resulted in the theft of more than 100,000 identification documents and 225,000 customer records. The non-bank lender, which offers personal loans and credit to customers shopping at such stores as JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman, said in a statement to the market on Thursday that most of the identification documents were copies of driver’s licences.

The loans, credit card and insurance provider said it had detected unusual activity on its systems over the last few days that was believed to have originated ...

[according to The Australian](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/customer-details-stolen-as-latitude-suffers-major-cyber-attack/news-story/93c10379791882e6c14ecd47a916049c), which reported the latter signed a credit card supply deal in January. “This includes isolating and removing access to some customer-facing and internal systems.” “Latitude will cooperate with authorities to investigate this attack.

The consumer finance outfit provides services to Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, Apple, The Good Guys and recently signed up David Jones.

The hackers began leaking some stolen data onto the dark web and Medibank lost $2 billion from its market valuation at the height of the crisis. Latitude said the details were stolen from service providers it uses. Investors paid $2.60 for shares when it listed on the ASX less than two years ago. Latitude provides consumer finance services to Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys, Apple and recently signed up David Jones. “Here is another case of credential theft after Medibank incident. It’s time for the Australian companies to think hard about password and identity management,” Dr Jabed Chowdhury, a lecturer at La Trobe University’s Cyber Security Program, said.

Australia's biggest non-bank personal finance lender Latitude Financial this morning advised the ASX that it had been the victim of a cyber attack, and this ...

In that hack, a Latitude employee login credentials were obtained by the hacker. What’s amazing is that those credentials were then used to steal personal information held by two other service providers. Critically, and for me most concerning – Latitude says that 103,000 ID documents were stolen.

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