Just another day and we have another data breach.
Fast-food giant McDonald’s Corp has fallen prey to a data breach after unauthorized activity on its network exposed the personal data of some customers in U.S, South Korea, and Taiwan.
What was the impact?
Unlike other attacks which are mostly ransomware, McDonald’s data breach revealed store information in the US, along with some customer information in South Korea and Taiwan.
The company acknowledged this attack and issued a statement,
While we were able to close off access quickly after identification, our investigation has determined that a small number of files were accessed, some of which contained personal data.
The company said that it will be taking steps to notify regulators and customers listed in these files.
McDonald’s has denied any financial information was accessed during the breach.
Businesses across various sectors are being targeted by cybercriminals every day, including some very high-profile cases in recent weeks.
Gaming software giant EA recently got breached with tons of data stolen along with the source code of some of their games.
And Colonial Pipeline, which transports about half of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, last month paid a ransom of 75 bitcoin to the hackers ,valued roughly at $4.4 million in hopes of getting its system back online.
McDonald’s says business operations were not interrupted by the data breach and “in the coming days, a few additional markets will take steps to address files that contained employee personal data”.
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