Filet-O-Phish: details stolen in McDonald's hack

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.zdnetasia.com/filet-o-phish-details-stolen-in-mcdonald-s-hack-62205135.htm

By Darren Pauli
ZDNet Australia
December 13, 2010

McDonald's has lost thousands of customer details to a hacker, including 
names, phone numbers and street and e-mail addresses. The fast food 
chain is also warning of pending phishing scams.

The customer details were lost after a hacker broke into the fast-food 
restaurant's U.S. marketing partner and stole the details provided by 
customers who sign up for promotions.

McDonald's was concerned that the hacker might use the details to 
conduct phishing scams. Phishing scams are fraudulent email campaigns 
run by criminals to steal financial and identity information, or infect 
users computers with malware.

"In the event that you are contacted by someone claiming to be from 
McDonald's asking for personal or financial information, do not respond 
and instead immediately contact us... McDonald's would not ask for that 
type of information online or through e-mail," the company wrote on its 
website.

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