KFC loyalty program hack proves it’s better at protecting recipes than passwords
Dec13
KFC sent an email to all 1.2 million members of its Colonel’s Club loyalty program in the UK on Monday, instructing them to change their passwords after it discovered its website had been targetted and several user accounts potentially compromised. It’s unclear what information the hackers managed to get their hands on, but seeing as KFC is encouraging users to change their passwords to other services too, we’re guessing that it was probably a list of email addresses and passwords. Fortunately, the firm doesn’t store billing details as part of its rewards scheme, so no financial data was acquired. Nevertheless, it’s…
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