McDonald's Data Breach Aug 2024

    No known CVEs used

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    Security Incident Summary

    Severity Score
    Moderate
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    Organization

    McDonald's
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    Threat Actor

    Unknown

    Actor Type

    Unknown
    Type of Breach
    Corporate Breach

    News Timeline

    Aug 29, 2024
    Additional Report
    Crypto scammers who hacked McDonald’s Instagram account say they stole $700,000 bitdefender.com - McDonald's Instagram and the Twitter account of Guillaume Huin, McDonald's head of social media, were compromised by hackers who promoted a fake cryptocurrency token called "GRIMACE," resulting in a s...
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    Aug 23, 2024
    Initial Disclosure
    McDonald’s Instagram Hack: Crypto Scammers Claim to Steal $700,000 thecyberexpress.com - On August 22, 2024, McDonald's Instagram account was hacked by crypto scammers who promoted a fraudulent cryptocurrency named "GRIMACE," exploiting brand trust to net $700,000. Additionally, the hacke...
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    Organization Details

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    Organization Size
    Unknown
    HQ Location
    Chicago, Illinois
    Industry
    Retail
    Security Stack used by McDonald's at time of breach (best approximation) Why?
    Network Security

    VPN/SASE

    Unknown

    IDS/IPS

    Unknown
    Endpoint Security

    EDR

    Unknown

    MDM

    Unknown
    Identity Management

    SSO / MFA

    Unknown

    IGA

    Unknown
    Application Security

    WAF

    Unknown

    SCA

    Unknown
    Cloud Security

    CASB

    Unknown

    CWPP

    Unknown
    SIEM / Threat Intel

    SIEM

    Unknown

    TIP

    Unknown
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    What is McDonald's?

    McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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