Supermarket giant Coles has confirmed it has been impacted by the Latitude Financial data breach, saying personal information used to issue historical Coles-branded credit cards has been stolen by a cyber criminal group.
In a statement on Saturday afternoon, Coles confirmed it has been informed by Latitude that its credit card offering had been impacted by the breach, but has not said how many customers have been impacted.“We are disappointed that this cyber incident has taken place and apologise for the inconvenience and uncertainty created,” a Coles spokesperson said.On Tuesday, Latitude confirmed it has been contacted by the group behind the hack demanding ransom but would not pay them.
Latitude has told the ASX that the cyber attack occurred after a third-party program was breached by the criminal group, which then used Latitude employee details to gain access to the data, but did not confirm how much money was demanded by the criminal group. Since then, Latitude has not disclosed which third-party platform was involved in the breach, nor has it said which criminal group is behind the demands.
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