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Latitude hack worsens with services taken offline
Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward
at 2023-03-23 08:08:38
from the bank under the matress dept.
The situation for the Latitude hack [news.com.au] has become worse with the owners forced to take the site offline.
The non-bank lender confirmed that Medicare numbers and “copies of passports or passport numbers” were included in the theft of personal information affecting approximately 333,000 customers and applicants.
“Because the attack remains active, we have taken our platforms offline and are unable to service our customers and merchant partners,” the statement said.
Previously the it had only been confirmed that drivers’ licences were taken.
