The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand said the Latitude Financial breach is the largest recorded data breach to affect country, compromising data of 20% of the population, Stuff reports. "We are still at the point of preliminary enquiries with Latitude Financial given the unfolding nature of this cyber-attack which has led to the New Zealand’s biggest recorded data breach in terms of the number of individuals affected," a spokesperson said.
13 April 2023
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