Hackers steal photo ID and tax codes from 26,000 Generate KiwiSaver customers

Hackers steal photo ID and tax codes from 26,000 Generate KiwiSaver customers
Pattrick Smellie
Hackers have stolen photographic identification, tax department numbers, and personal names and addresses of some 26,000 customers of boutique KiwiSaver provider Generate in a Christmas holidays raid that targeted the most sensitive part of its website.In a statement earlier today, Generate admitted the hack, between Dec. 29 and Jan. 27, had exploited weaknesses in the online application process for becoming a Generate KiwiSaver member. No investors' funds are at risk, although all those affected appear to be at risk of identify theft, which ca...

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