{"id":501,"date":"2023-04-12T20:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T01:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2023-05-03T12:41:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:41:20","slug":"breach-report-yum-brands-kfc-taco-bell-pizza-hut-ransomware-attack-shuts-down-almost-300-locations-affects-unknown-total","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/12\/breach-report-yum-brands-kfc-taco-bell-pizza-hut-ransomware-attack-shuts-down-almost-300-locations-affects-unknown-total\/","title":{"rendered":"Breach Report: Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut) ransomware attack shuts down almost 300 locations, affects unknown total"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Updated 5\/3\/2023: included class-action lawsuit and franchisee information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut) January 2023 ransomware attack potentially breaches employees&#8217; data and briefly shuts down 300 locations, results in a class-action lawsuit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yum! Brands, Inc., parent of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger Grill, Charter Foods, <a href=\"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/breach-report-charter-foods-breach-affects-109000-class-action-lawsuit-filed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at least 109,194 Charter Foods employees<\/a>, and a threat actor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 13, 2023: Yum! Brands is hit with a ransomware attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 18, 2023: Yum! Brands announces the ransomware attack <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 9, 2023: Yum! Brands discovers the breach <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 7, 2023: Yum! Brands begins victim notification <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 14, 2023: Yum! Brands is sued in federal court in Kentucky via a class-action lawsuit <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yum! Brands suffered a ransomware attack in January 2023, leading to the potential breach of employees&#8217; personal information, including &#8220;Driver&#8217;s License Number or Non-Driver Identification Card Number&#8221;  (Gatlan, 2023; Kim, 2023). Almost 300 UK-based restaurants were affected (Gatlan, 2023; Yum! Brands, 2023a, p. 13). A federal, class-action lawsuit has been filed in Kentucky against Yum! Brands (<em>Stinson v. Yum! Brands, Inc., <\/em>2023). A franchisee, Charter Foods, <a href=\"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/breach-report-charter-foods-breach-affects-109000-class-action-lawsuit-filed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was also involved in the breach<\/a>, and a separate class-action lawsuit has been filed against it as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated incident response costs, breach notification costs, &#8220;leading digital forensics and restoration teams,&#8221; operational and lost business costs (&#8220;fewer than 300 restaurants shut down in one market for one day&#8221;), 2 years IDX identity services with $1 mil. insurance policy, M-F call center <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State: Maine: 10 M.R.S.A. \u00a7 1346<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gatlan, S. (2023, April 10). <em>KFC, Pizza Hut owner discloses data breach after ransomware attack<\/em>. BleepingComputer. https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/kfc-pizza-hut-owner-discloses-data-breach-after-ransomware-attack\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, A. (2023). Data Breach Notifications. In <em>Privacy, Identity Theft and Data Security Breaches<\/em>. Office of the Maine Attorney General. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https:\/\/apps.web.maine.gov\/online\/aeviewer\/ME\/40\/b85bfcfb-4ff7-419e-8dd2-95e8f41a5ad1.shtml<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stinson v. Yum! Brands, Inc., Case No. 3:23-cv-00183-DJH (W.D. Ken. 2023). https:\/\/www.classaction.org\/media\/stinson-v-yum-brands-inc.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yum! Brands. (2023a). YUM! BRANDS 2022 ANNUAL REPORT: UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITY FOR GOOD GROWTH. In <em>EDGAR | Company Filings<\/em>. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1041061\/000119312523095287\/d535046dars.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yum! Brands. (2023b). Yum Notification Letter.pdf. In <em>Data Breach Notifications<\/em>. Office of the Maine Attorney General. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https:\/\/apps.web.maine.gov\/online\/aeviewer\/ME\/40\/b85bfcfb-4ff7-419e-8dd2-95e8f41a5ad1\/32f8fb7d-87b2-43ba-a5fd-a7b95e3872e2\/document.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yum! Brands Inc. (WUKY). (2017, November 2). <em>untitled<\/em>. wuky.org. https:\/\/www.wuky.org\/local-regional-news\/2017-11-02\/yum-brands-report-major-profit-growth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breach Report: Yum! 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