Hacker attack on McDonald's
The fast food chain was cyberattacked in the US, South Korea and Taiwan. The attack is not likely to remain without consequences. According to the company, however, no customer data with payment information was affected.
McDonald's has been the victim of a cyberattack. According to a report by the news agency DPA, unknown persons succeeded in gaining access to a small amount of personal data. However, according to current knowledge, only data from Korea and Taiwan was affected.
McDonald's has already hired outside specialists to investigate the activities in the internal security system. The perpetrators had succeeded in gaining access to data on employees, franchise partners and restaurants in the United States. The stolen data in South Korea and Taiwan is personal customer data, but does not include payment information.
According to a report by the "Wall Street Journal"However, the information was not sensitive. According to an internal memo from the fast food chain, the size of playgrounds and seating capacities were affected. However, no encryption Trojans were smuggled in. Recently, cyberattacks in which company computers are encrypted have become more frequent.
Just a few weeks ago, such a large-scale ransomware attack took place on one of the largest gasoline pipelines in the US. The operators paid the extortionists a ransom of $4.4 million. In the meantime, however, the FBI managed to recover a large part of the damage sum from the extortionists.
Source: Heise/Spiegel (dpa)
