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Sophia McCaughan

'Untenable': judge tosses $1m Latitude privacy lawsuit

Shahriar "Sean" Saffari said he would appeal the Federal Court decision (Supplied by Xxx/AAP PHOTOS)

Latitude has escaped a $1 million lawsuit from a former mayoral candidate claiming the financial services firm breached his privacy after confidential customer data was stolen. 

The firm was hit by a data breach in March 2023 after a hacker used privileged credentials from a third-party vendor to access its systems and steal data from its 7.9 million customers.

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