Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Yum! Brands, Inc. regarding its recent data breach. The Yum! Brands data breach involved sensitive personal identifiable information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals.
ABOUT YUM! BRANDS, INC.:
Yum! Brands is a restaurant company specializing in fast food and quick service restaurants. Accordingly, Yum! Brands owns several globally known restaurants including KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. In 1997, Yum! Brands was founded through a spin-off from PepsiCo. Today, Yum! Brands prides itself as a Fortune 500 company and one of the world’s largest restaurant corporations. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Yum! Brands operates over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories, and employs over 1.5 million individuals.
WHAT HAPPENED?
In January 2023, Yum! Brands discovered that it had experienced a data breach in which the sensitive personal identifiable information in its systems may have been accessed. Through its investigation, Yum! Brands determined that an unauthorized actor accessed this sensitive information by launching a ransomware attack on or around January 13, 2023. On April 6, 2023, Yum! Brands began contacting individuals whose information may have been impacted. The type of information exposed includes:
- Name
- Driver’s license number
If you received a breach notification letter from Yum! Brands:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
