Hackers Demand Ransom For Domino’s Customer Info

Hackers are demanding a ransom for information stolen from pizza giant Domino’s in the latest corporate data breach, which includes the personal details and passwords of over 650,000 patrons.

In a post to online clipboard site dpaste.de, hackers using the name Rex Mundi announced that they successfully accessed servers in Belgium and France belonging to Domino’s Pizza. Claiming that a vulnerable database allowed them to download passwords and information from more than 592,000 Domino’s customers in France, as well as an additional 58,000 or so pizza lovers in Belgium, the hackers say they “immediately sent various emails to both Domino’s Pizza France and Belgium,” demanding 30,000 Euros as a ransom:

Domino’s Pizza has until Monday at 8PM CET to pay us. If they do not do so, we will post the entirety of the data in our possession on the Internet.

The Hackers also used a now-suspended Twitter account to announce their demands to the public.

I was curious about @RexMundi_anon (suspended) claiming Domino’s hack http://t.co/u9Y2pN4jrE h/t @blackplanspic.twitter.com/eLyDwGAAzv

— ?? (@plussone) June 16, 2014

The stolen information includes names, physical and email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, and even patron’s favorite toppings, but Domino’s Pizza executive Andre ten Wolde was quick to point out that customer credit card data was not part of the breach. According to Sky News, Wolde revealed that Domino’s will not pay the ransom, although he did concede, There are clear indications that something is broken on our server.”

Domino’s French Twitter account was used to release a statement in which it admitted that “professionals” were able to get beyond the company’s encryption. According to MailOnline, a Domino’s spokesperson was also able to confirm that the breach was confined to the French and Belgian branches of the franchise.

The incident is only the latest in a long line of extortion attempts by the hacker group. According to The Guardian, Rex Mundi targeted AmeriCash Advance, a US payday loan company in 2012, and released the personal information of thousands of online loan applications. Earlier this year, the group hacked Alfa hosting, a Belgian internet company, in a similar scheme which saw 12,000 customer names published.

Corporate hacking is on the rise, with several high profile incidents having transpired over the course of the last year alone. As The Inquisitr reported, online auction site eBay was the victim of a breach in May, asking customers to change their passwords after hackers were able to access a database on which customer information was stored. Late last year, the Target corporation was also subjected to a high profile breach.

The hacking incident is being investigated by French police, and Domino’s has advised customers to change their passwords as a precaution.

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