7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data - BERITAJA

Data breach notification work Have I Been Pwned says a information breach astatine convenience shop concatenation 7-Eleven affects complete 185,000 people, including their names, dates of birth, and beingness addresses.

The information breach, reported successful April, besides included telephone numbers and email addresses.

Have I Been Pwned, which collects caches of information breaches and alerts affected individuals that their information was compromised, said in a caller listing that 7-Eleven was the unfortunate of a hack-and-extortion attack. The ShinyHunters group took in installments for the breach, saying they would people the information if they weren’t paid.

Per a listing pinch Maine’s lawyer general’s office, 7-Eleven main accusation information serviceman Jim Kastle said the hackers gained entree to an soul server containing franchisee documents. A abstracted listing pinch Massachusetts’ lawyer wide said the breach besides included Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses.