Hackers demand £24,000 from Domino's Pizza in return for stolen passwords and email addresses
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Hackers are holding Domino's Pizza to ransom after stealing more than 650,000 password from its customers in France and Belgium.
The group, known as Rex Mundi, said in a post to dpaste.de it had gained access to a vulnerable customer database shared by the pizza firm's European headquarters.
It is now demanding €30,000 (£23,890) from the company by 8pm CEST (7pm BST) tonight or it will begin publishing the details online.
Hackers Rex Mundi claim to have stolen the passwords of 650,000 Domino's Pizza customers in France and Belgium, and are threatening to publish them if a ¿30,000 (£23,892) ransom is not paid (pictured)
HACKER DEMANDS AND CONSEQUENCES
- Hacking group Rex Mundi is threatening to publish the details of 650,000 Domino's customers if a ransom of €30,000 (£23,892 isn't paid by 8PM CEST (7pm BST.)
- If the threat is carried out, French and Belgium customers' names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passwords and other information will be posted online.
- Customers could potentially take legal action against the pizza chain if this happens, the hackers said.
- Domino's said it would now be paying the ransom.
- Customers have been advised by Domino's to change their passwords 'as a security measure'.
It claims to have downloaded more than 592,000 customer records, including passwords from French customers, and over 58,000 records from Belgian ones.
Other stolen details include customers' full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passwords and delivery instructions.
The group even admitted to stealing details of the customer's favourite pizza topping.
Rex Mundi also took to Twitter to publicise the alleged hack and advised customers to speak to their lawyers.
In a message, Rex Mundi said: 'Earlier this week, we hacked our way into the servers of Domino's Pizza France and Belgium, who happen to share the same vulnerable database.
'And boy, did we find some juicy stuff in there! We downloaded over 592,000 customer records (including passwords) from French customers and over 58,000 records from Belgian ones.'
Rex Mundi has given a deadline of 8pm CEST tonight (7pm BST) for Dominos to pay up, or the group 'will post the entirety of the data in [its] possession on the internet'. Customers have been advised by Domino's to change their passwords 'as a security measure'. Domino's pizza and snacks are pictured
Domino's France issued a statement on Twitter saying that although its data is encrypted, it has fallen victim to 'professionals' who were able to 'decode the cryptographic system for the passwords'.
Domino's Pizza executive Andre ten Wolde then told a Dutch newspaper that the ransom demand would not be paid, and stressed financial data, had not been compromised.
Customers of the pizza company are being advised to change their passwords 'as a security measure'. The breach has also been reported to French police.
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