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Posted: 2023-03-20 05:42:01

There's been two more major data breaches from cyber hacks.

Last week, it was Latitude Financial, in one of the first major hacks on a financial services company in Australia.

This week, the ABC revealed Australia's biggest skin cancer study has also been hit.

Here's what to do if you think your details have been compromised in the latest attacks. 

What are the latest data breaches?

Last week, Latitude Financial said hackers stole personal information of approximately 330,000 customers. 

On Monday it confirmed this included: 

  • 103,000 identity documents — with 97 per cent of those being copies of drivers' licences or driver licence numbers
  • Less than 4 per cent copies of passports or passport numbers
  • Less than 1 per cent was Medicare numbers.

Latitude Financial said those numbers may grow, putting out a statement saying the situation "remains active".

The non-bank lender offers loans, insurance and credit cards with retailers, including David Jones, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys and Harvey Norman. 

Today, it was revealed servers holding highly sensitive data collected by QIMR Berghofer, a medical research institute based in Brisbane, were hit last year.

When approached by the ABC, QIMR Berghofer revealed that 1,128 people were caught up in the data breach.

QIMR Berghofer said names, address and Medicare numbers "may have been compromised". 

What is Latitude Financial doing about the security breach now?

Its attack is now the subject of an investigation by the Australian Federal Police.

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