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Latitude Financial is the latest major Australian company to have the data of its customers hacked by unknown criminal entities.
More than 300,000 people are so far thought to be impacted by the cybersecurity breach early this week.
At least 100,000 driver's licenses are among the sensitive information stolen, the company says.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed Latitude was working with relevant federal authorities on the "substantial cyber breach" The federal government has previously backed the decision of companies not to pay ransoms.
Latitude describes the attack on its systems as "sophisticated" and "malicious" Customers like Ms Randall want more information from the company about what it was doing to protect her data.
"Having some cyber security in your supply chain is actually just a part of doing business," says Associate Professor Nicholls.
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