Published 1 year ago

Australia's Latitude Group opposed to paying ransom to cyber attack criminals

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Australian consumer finance firm Latitude Group Holdings Ltd will not pay a ransom to those behind a cyber attack last month, saying it will be detrimental to customers and cause harm to the broader community by encouraging further attacks.

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The Guardian

Latitude Financial vows not to pay ransom to hackers in wake of massive data breach

Lender says ‘no guarantee’ paying ransom would result in destruction of data and doing so ‘would only encourage further extortion attempts’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastConsumer lender Latitude Financial has vowed not to pay a ransom to those behind a massive cyber-attack that resulted in the largest-known data breach of an Australian financial i…

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sydney Morning Herald

Latitude refuses to pay hackers’ ransom demand

Criminals who stole the data of 14 million consumers from Latitude Financial made a ransom demand to the consumer lender, which it is refusing to pay.

1 year ago·Sydney, Australia

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NZ Herald

Latitude cyber-attack: Cybercriminals demand ransom

More than a million Kiwis' driver licences were exposed in the hack.

1 year ago·Auckland, New Zealand

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Channel News Asia

Australia's Latitude Group opposed to paying ransom to cyber attack criminals

1 year ago·Singapore

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ABC Australia

Latitude Financial will not pay ransom to cyber hackers as millions of customer records compromised

Latitude Financial will not pay a ransom to those behind a cyber attack, as the details from 14 million customer records remain at risk of being released.

1 year ago·Australia

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The West Australian

Latitude hackers make ransom demand

Latitude Financial Group has confirmed that hackers who stole the details of 14 million customers last month have demanded a ransom, but the company says it won’t pay up.

1 year ago

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