Burger King Suffers A Whopper Of A Breach Exposing 11M Records
Burger King Japan has confirmed a major data breach exposing over 11 million user records following a hack of the fast food chain's smartphone app.
The incident, affecting approximately 11.18 million app member records, occurred when nefarious actors breached the company's database management server. According to internal investigation information released by BK Japan, the unauthorized access took place over a window between October 2 and October 7. Company officials discovered the breach on October 13 and immediately blocked the attack, and are bringing in external cybersecurity experts to assist with the forensic review.
The exposed dataset includes a wide range of PII, including member IDs, email addresses, registration types, prefectures, genders, dates of birth, full names written in kanji and kana, and telephone numbers. Additionally, the leaked records contain data points showing email verification status and whether members utilized the app's mobile ordering features.
Thankfully, the scope of the...
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