Yum! Brands

Yum! Approximately 300 restaurants in the UK were closed for one day as a result of a cyberattack that Brands had to endure that required the company to shut down its systems.

The exposed information includes names, driver’s license numbers, non-driver Identification Card Number, and other types of personal identifiers.

The company investigated the security breach with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts, to identify the scope of the incident.

They investigated the incident and also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for two years via IDX.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/144676/data-breach/yum-brands-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/yum-brands

"id": "yum33429523",
"linkid": "yum-brands",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Food and Beverage',
                        'location': 'UK',
                        'name': 'Yum! Brands',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'driver’s license numbers',
                                              'non-driver Identification Card '
                                              'Number',
                                              'other types of personal '
                                              'identifiers']},
 'description': 'Approximately 300 restaurants in the UK were closed for one '
                'day as a result of a cyberattack that Yum! Brands had to '
                'endure, requiring the company to shut down its systems.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'driver’s license numbers',
                                 'non-driver Identification Card Number',
                                 'other types of personal identifiers'],
            'downtime': 'One day',
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'operational_impact': '300 restaurants closed'},
 'investigation_status': 'Investigation completed',
 'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Complimentary credit monitoring and '
                                      'identity protection services for two '
                                      'years via IDX',
              'third_party_assistance': 'Third-party cybersecurity experts'},
 'title': 'Cyberattack on Yum! Brands',
 'type': 'Cyberattack'}