Hot pizza, cold base: ShinyHunters hackers stole the data of 1 million customers from Pizza Hut Australia

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Extortionists estimated the privacy of victims at $300 thousand, but will the company agree to such conditions?

The hacker group ShinyHunters recently claimed to have gained access to the data of more than a million customers of the Pizza Hut chain in Australia. According to the attackers, they used vulnerabilities in the AWS service to break into the system 1-2 months ago and stole more than 30 million lines of confidential information.

The data samples uploaded by hackers contain information about orders, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted customer bank card details. Verification by specialists confirmed the authenticity of the stolen data.

ShinyHunters hackers demand $ 300,000 for deleting stolen information. Previously, the group has already made publicly available data from companies that refused to pay the ransom. So far, Pizza Hut in Australia has not publicly commented on this incident and has not responded to the attackers ' demands in any way.

The official website of the company and its social networks do not yet have any information about hacking or notification to customers. Questions about data theft sent to Pizza Hut management by local media have also remained unanswered.

Stolen data can be used to steal funds from bank cards, phishing attacks, and other criminal purposes. The incident threatens the safety of one million pizza chain customers in Australia.

Despite its colossal significance, this incident still hasn't surpassed another major event that took place in Australia this year. So, the March attack on the Australian Latitude Group literally ruined the company, only miraculously not destroying its entire business, largely due to competent management and numerous measures to mitigate the consequences of the attack.

Such incidents demonstrate the vulnerability of large companies to hacker associations and emphasize the importance of ensuring reliable protection of internal company data, confidential information about customers, partners and employees.

Stealing the personal data of millions of people is a serious crime that carries significant reputational and financial risks for any business.
 
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