Chick-fil-A data breach exposes personal information from…

Chick-fil-A confirmed that some of its accounts were hacked last month, compromising personal data of customers. The affected information includes names, email addresses, partial credit/debit card numbers, birthdays, phone numbers, and addresses. The hack impacted a limited number of Chicken-fil-A One loyalty program accounts, which began in 2016. No further details about the number of affected customers have been disclosed as the company continues to address the security incident.

By Mirtha Donastorg and Amy Wenk

4 hours ago

Some Chick-fil-A accounts were hacked last month, exposing the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers, the company said this week.

The data potentially accessed in the hack included customers’ names, email addresses, last four digits of stored credit/debit cards, month and day of their birthdays, phone numbers and addresses, according to a letter sent to the Massachusetts attorney general dated Monday.

A Chick-fil-A spokesperson said the security incident affected “a limited number” of Chick-fil-A One accounts, according to a statement provided to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Chick-fil-A One is the company’s loyalty program, which launched in 2016.

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MirthaDonastorg

Mirtha Donastorg is a reporter on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s business team focusing on Black wealth, entrepreneurship, and minority-owned businesses as well as innovation at Atlanta’s HBCUs.

AmyWenk

Amy Wenk is the consumer brands reporter for the AJC.

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