South Korea And Taiwan: McDonald Hit by a Data Breach

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After unauthenticated activity on their system, the personal data of some consumers in South Korea and Taiwan were disclosed as McDonald’s became the latest data breach affected firm. 

The attackers have obtained e-mails, telephone numbers, and delivery details, but consumer payment information was not included in the breach, the company claimed. On Friday, McDonald’s also said that the event was swiftly recognized and managed as a comprehensive study was undertaken. 

The investigation discovered that the information from companies was breached in countries namely the U.S., South Korea, and Taiwan. 

McDonald’s said the failure revealed certain corporate contact information for the US staff and franchisees and some information about locations such as seating capacity and the square footage of play areas in a message to U.S. employees. No customer information has been infringed in the US and the information regarding the employees in the United States that was exposed was not sensitive. The corporation urged employees and franchisees to keep an eye on phishing e-mails and request information from them. 

McDonald’s said attackers obtained emails of consumers in South Korea and Taiwan along with their shipping numbers and addresses. McDonald’s reported that hackers also took staff information of customers from Taiwan, particularly their names and contact information.