Latitude Financial faces possible class action after millions affected by data breach

Cyber-attack in which information of 14 million customers has been exposed dubbed Australia’s largest to date

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Latitude Financial Services could face a class action lawsuit from some of the 14 million customers who have had their personal information exposed in what has been dubbed Australia’s largest data breach.

Law firms Gordon Legal and Hayden Stephens and Associates announced on Tuesday they would investigate a potential legal action against Latitude over the breach.

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