According to The Wall Street Journal, citing a reliable source, McDonald's has become another company to be affected by a data breach. The well-known fast food company became a victim of a hacker attack that led to the exposure of private data of customers in Taiwan and South Korea.
As a result, hackers received access to emails, delivery addresses, and phone numbers of the burger chain’s customers in Taiwan and South Korea. The data breach also affected McDonald's operations in the United States. Notably, personal information of American customers was not stolen. However, hackers broke into the system and took restaurant and employee data.
The management of Taiwan- and South Korea-based McDonald's divisions reported on the cyber attacks to the appropriate authorities, The Wall Street Journal said. In fact, the regulatory bodies are prepared to contact clients and employees whose personal data has been stolen. McDonald's is planning to warn its employees in Russia and South Africa of possible cyber attacks.
The fast food chain stressed that the data breach did not affect the operations of McDonald's restaurants. Since it was not a ransomware attack, no ransom was paid to hackers by the world’s biggest burger company.
