A ransomware assault shuttered lower than 300 Yum Manufacturers eating places within the U.Okay. Yum owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. / {Photograph}: Shutterstock.
A ransomware assault led to the momentary closure of 300 Yum Manufacturers eating places within the U.Okay., the corporate stated on Thursday.
Particulars of the shops hit, or which manufacturers had been affected, weren’t accessible. Yum operates KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, every of which has operations within the nation.
Louisville, Ky.-based Yum stated that the assault hit its data expertise methods. That led the corporate to take sure methods offline, resulting in the closure of “lower than 300 eating places” within the U.Okay. for a day. All shops have since reopened, Yum Manufacturers stated.
Yum stated it’s working to revive the affected methods, which needs to be full within the coming days.
Hackers did get data from Yum Manufacturers’ community. The corporate stated it’s investigating the incident however stated “there isn’t a proof that buyer databases had been stolen.”
Yum additionally stated it’s not conscious of some other restaurant disruptions. It additionally stated it doesn’t anticipate the scenario to have a “materials impression” on its enterprise.
KFC operates greater than 900 areas within the U.Okay. Pizza Hut has greater than 250 areas. There are greater than 100 Taco Bell eating places there.
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