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Finance giant lashed again for sending unstoppable spam

After failing to include a working unsubscribe option in thousands of spam messages, an Australian financial services giant has been hit with massive fines.

AAP · Apr 14

Research reveals a surprising line of defence against cyber attacks: accountants

When Optus, Medibank and non-bank lender Latitude Financial were hit by separate cyber attacks in the past few years, millions of Australians felt the fallout: stolen personal data, disrupted services and weeks of uncertainty. Each breach raised the same uncomfortable question: how can this keep happening?

The Conversation · Jan 19

The $500 million ATO fraud highlights flaws in the myGov ID system. Here's how to keep your data safe

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) paid out more than half a billion dollars to cyber criminals between July 2021 and February 2023, according to an ABC report.

The Conversation · Jul 27, 2023

What are the rules about data breaches? How soon does a company have to notify their customers?

Entities have to notify people at risk of "serious harm" from data breaches, but the time frame for doing so is vague.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2023

Latitude Financial faces possible class action after millions affected by data breach

Cyber-attack in which information of 14 million customers has been exposed dubbed Australia’s largest to date

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2023

Latitude Financial customers frustrated at lack of communication after millions of personal records stolen in cyber attack

With confirmation that millions of personal data files were stolen in Latitude Financial's cyber hack, customers past and present are growing tired of the company's lack of communication.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

What's happening with the Latitude Financial cyber attack? Millions of customer details stolen in one of the largest-known data breaches in Australia

The fallout from the cyber attack on non-bank lender Latitude Financial, which exposed the details of current and former customers, is continuing.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Latitude confirms 14m customers had data stolen

Latitude Financial says the details of 14 million consumers have been stolen – including nearly eight million driver's licence numbers.

The New Daily · Mar 27, 2023

Latitude Financial says hack worse than first thought

Latitude Financial says the cybercrime detected last week affected more customers and applicants than its initial estimates of 330,000.

The New Daily · Mar 22, 2023

Latitude hack now under state investigation as customers struggle to protect their accounts

Latitude Financial has revealed that a cyber attack that hit the company last week is now under investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The company said on 16 March that it had detected unusual activity on its systems. Today, it confirmed that the activity is a sophisticated and malicious…

IT Pro · Mar 20, 2023