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The fast food giant says only around 30 members were targeted but has contacted customers urging them to reset passwords and check other online accounts
KFC has warned 1.2 million customers in its Colonel's Club loyalty scheme that their data may have been breached in a hacking attack.
The fast food giant e-mailed customers this afternoon advising them to change their passwords and take precautions over other online accounts.
The restaurant chain told the Mirror only around 30 members had been targeted but that all customers had been informed.
It is understood no financial details have been compromised but that personal information including names, addresses, e-mail addresses may have been hacked.
An e-mail sent to customers said: "Our monitoring systems have found a small number of Colonel’s Club accounts may have been compromised as a result of our website being targeted.
"Whilst it’s unlikely you have been impacted, we advise that you change your password as a precaution. If you use the same email address and password across other services, you should also reset them, just to be safe.
"As this type of problem is becoming more common online, we’ve now introduced additional security measures to further safeguard our members’ accounts and to stop this kind of thing happening again.
"We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Read more: KFC warns 1.2 million Colonel's Club members after hacking data breach
KFC has warned 1.2 million customers in its Colonel's Club loyalty scheme that their data may have been breached in a hacking attack.
The fast food giant e-mailed customers this afternoon advising them to change their passwords and take precautions over other online accounts.
The restaurant chain told the Mirror only around 30 members had been targeted but that all customers had been informed.
It is understood no financial details have been compromised but that personal information including names, addresses, e-mail addresses may have been hacked.
An e-mail sent to customers said: "Our monitoring systems have found a small number of Colonel’s Club accounts may have been compromised as a result of our website being targeted.
"Whilst it’s unlikely you have been impacted, we advise that you change your password as a precaution. If you use the same email address and password across other services, you should also reset them, just to be safe.
"As this type of problem is becoming more common online, we’ve now introduced additional security measures to further safeguard our members’ accounts and to stop this kind of thing happening again.
"We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Read more: KFC warns 1.2 million Colonel's Club members after hacking data breach
