The cyberattack on Nissan Motor Corporation and Nissan Financial Services in Australia and New Zealand, which happened in December 2023 resulted in the theft of sensitive data belonging to roughly 100,000 people, the company has confirmed.
In early December last year, Japanese car manufacturing giant said it was investigating a possible data breach. In an update posted on its website Nissan on Mar 14 said it had started notifying affected individuals, with data stolen from customers, current and former employees, as well as some dealers. Customers include owners of Mitsubishi, Renault, Skyline, Infiniti, LDV, and RAM brands, the company noted. Nissan believes that roughly 10% of the victims have had “some form of government identification” compromised. That includes 4,000 Medicare cards, 7,500 driver’s licenses, 220 passports, and 1,300 tax file numbers.