Latitude is forced to stop taking on new customers after cyber attack trends now
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Hackers are continuing to wreak havoc on personal finance firm Latitude forcing the company to cease taking new customers.
In a Monday update to the Australian stock exchange, Latitude Financial confirmed hackers were still infesting their computer systems after stealing the personal details of at least 330,000 customers last week - including Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi and Apple shoppers.
Latitude said while Australian Federal Police were investigating the data breach the company had been forced into 'isolating technology platforms', meaning it could not take on new customers for its range of loan, credit card and insurance businesses.
A Latitude spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia some of the firm's services such as its call centre will remain offline until the hackers' malicious code is purged.
Approximately 96 per cent of the personal information stolen was copies of drivers' licences or licence numbers.
Personal finance company Latitude has been forced to stop taking new customers after a major cybersecurity breach saw hackers take the personal data of around 330,000 customers
Harvey Norman owner Gerry Harvey is pictured with his wife Katie Page
Copies of passports or passport
