"KFC, Pizza Hut Owner Discloses Data Breach After Ransomware Attack"

Yum! Brands, the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, is sending data breach notification letters to an unspecified number of individuals whose personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack that occurred on January 13. In the breach notification letters, Yum! Brands disclosed that it has learned that the attackers had stolen some personal information, including names, driver's license numbers, and other ID card numbers. Due to the ransomware attack in January, Yum! Brands had to close about 300 restaurants in the UK. Yum! Brands and its subsidiaries operate or franchise over 55,000 restaurants in 155 countries and territories with the assistance of around 36,000 employees globally. This article continues to discuss the impact of the ransomware attack faced by Yum! Brands. 

Bleeping Computer reports "KFC, Pizza Hut Owner Discloses Data Breach After Ransomware Attack"