Australia, NZ privacy regulators launch joint probe into Latitude Group

Latitude group

10/05/2023 02:13

SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - The privacy regulators for
Australia and New Zealand said on Wednesday they had begun a
joint investigation into the personal information handling
practices at consumer finance firm Latitude Group  LFS.AX ,
which was hit by a cyber attack.
    The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
and the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC)
said the decision was made after preliminary inquiries.
    Latitude Group said in March hackers stole nearly 8 million
Australian and New Zealand drivers' licence numbers, in one of
Australia's biggest confirmed data breaches. 
    

 (Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by Muralikumar
Anantharaman)
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