Pizza Hut Hacked But No Credit Card Number Obtained By Hackers
Pizza Hut Australia was hacked and defaced some days back by two hackers,namely 0-Day and Pyknic.They claimed that they were able to get around 260,000 Australian credit card numbers.Users who visited the website was redirected to another page which stated that the website was compromised.
Pizza Hut general manager said : "Pizza Hut can confirm that a layer of its website, pizzahut.com.au, was breached, with access gained to names and contact information, including email addresses" A spokeman however stated that credit card information are managed by a third party payment gateway.Thus,the credit card numbers were not in the database.
"The security of our online ordering system has not been compromised in any way, and our customers can continue to order online in the knowledge the ordering system is secure" added Mr Houston."During the current official investigation with relevant authorities, no further comment will be made by Pizza Hut."
Pizza Hut general manager said : "Pizza Hut can confirm that a layer of its website, pizzahut.com.au, was breached, with access gained to names and contact information, including email addresses" A spokeman however stated that credit card information are managed by a third party payment gateway.Thus,the credit card numbers were not in the database.
"The security of our online ordering system has not been compromised in any way, and our customers can continue to order online in the knowledge the ordering system is secure" added Mr Houston."During the current official investigation with relevant authorities, no further comment will be made by Pizza Hut."