Pizza Hut Reveals System Hack After Two Whole Weeks To Customers

The giant pizza chain had got their systems hacked in the US that compromised the information of their customers like names, residential address and payment settings. At least 60,000 customers’ privacy was on the mercy of the hackers and Pizza Hut kept quiet about this for two weeks according to reports by Food Beast.

Privacy Risked By Pizza Hut

All the customers who placed an order on 2^nd October exposed their personal data while doing so to the hackers. The fact that the pizza chain didn’t go public but informed customers by email that they have been financially compromised didn’t go down well with them especially the fact that they were informed so late about it.

Hey @pizzahut, thanks for telling me you got hacked 2 weeks after you lost my cc number. And a week after someone started using it.#timely

— Ian Paul Freeley (@IanPaulFreeley) October 14, 2017

so @pizzahut sent an email today about a breach that occurred 2 weeks ago. their delay resulted in my bank acct being drained thx to fraud.

— ᴄourt (@runawaywithit) October 14, 2017

#infosechttps://t.co/Zx8FMzra65
Equifax – wait a while to tell customers they've been hacked
Pizzahut – Hold my beer

— Charles R. Smith🔹 (@softwarnet) October 17, 2017

Pizza Hut was meanwhile figuring how big the hack was along with offering free credit monitoring for those who were affected by the breach. The chain is also working along with outer cybersecurity firms so that future hacks can be prevented.