28 Mar 2023

Latitude hack: More customers affected - how can they protect themselves?

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 28 March 2023

The number of people caught up in the hacking of data from financial company Latitude is higher than first thought - so what options are there for affected Kiwis?

Latitude was hacked two weeks ago, with an initial 330,000 people at risk - but that's now risen to 14 million - including 7.9 million Kiwis and Australians whose driver's licences were stolen.

Kiwibank has confirmed at least 2000 customers' ID details have been taken.

Kathryn speaks to Keith McLaughlin of Centrix Credit Bureau about what people can do to protect themselves from identity fraud.

cybercrime, hacking and technology concept - male hacker in dark room writing code or using computer virus program for cyber attack

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