https://www.infosecnews.org/home-chef-data-breach/
By William Knowles @c4i
Senior Editor
InfoSec News
May 21, 2020
Just as Chicago can’t go a whole week without a gang-related shooting, there’s
another data breach in the news, sadly this data breach happened down the road
from InfoSec News’ office in Chicago Illinois.
In a security alert posted on Home Chef’s website on Wednesday, May 20th, the
Chicago-based, Kroger owned meal company had learned of a data breach and the
following was stolen, email address, name and phone number, encrypted
passwords, The last four digits of credit card numbers and other account
information such as frequency of deliveries and mailing address may also have
been compromised in the data breach.
Home Chef reports that it does not store complete credit or debit card
information and “Protection of customer data is a top priority for Home Chef,
and we work hard to safeguard our customers’ information”
The Home Chef data breach statement continues “We are taking action to
investigate this situation and to strengthen our information security defenses
to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.”
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