Multinational grocery and retail megacorp Ahold Delhaize says upwards of 2.2 million people had their data compromised during its November cyberattack with personal, financial and health details among the trove.
Ahold Delhaize operates a network of stores in Europe and the US via brands including Food Lion, Stop & Shop and Giant. It also has a substantial web business. It employs more than 400,000 staff and serves around 63 million customers a week.
The digital break-in late last year caused disruption across its organization, with some Stop & Shop stores struggling to fill prescriptions due to IT issues, while Food Lion employees took to social media complaining about delayed and missing deliveries.
Now Ahold Delhaize has confirmed more details via a notification filed with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, revealing the data of more than 2.24 million individuals was exposed.
Different people will have had different data points compromised, it added, and said the following may be in the wrong hands:
- Names
- Contact information (postal address, email address, and telephone number)
- Dates of birth
- Government-issued identification numbers (Social Security, passport and driver’s license numbers)
- Financial account information (including bank account numbers)
- Health information (workers’ compensation information and medical information contained in employment records)
- Employment-related information
In a “Notice of Data Breach” letter sent to impacted individuals, Ahold Delhaize made no reference to customer data, saying only that investigations revealed “personal information contained in employment records related to you or your family member” may have been accessed.
This indicates the breach involved current and former staff.
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Source: Ahold Delhaize says 2.2M affected after cyberattack • The Register
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