KFC website hacked as over 1.2m loyalty scheme members warned to change password

KFC has warned more than 1.2million loyalty club members their personal data may have been breached after the website was hacked.

Colonel's Club loyalty scheme members were urged to change their passwords after the security breach.

The fast food giant said a "small number" of accounts "may have been compromised as a result of our website being targeted".

An email from the chicken company said: "Our monitoring systems have found a small number of Colonel's Club accounts may have been compromised as a result of our website being targeted.

"Whilst it's unlikely you have been impacted, we advise that you change your password as a precaution.

"If you use the same email address and password across other services, you should also reset them, just to be safe.

"To create a new password, log into Colonel's Club via the app at kfc.co.uk and change your password in 'My Account'.

"As this type of problem is becoming more common online, we've now introduced additional security measures to further safeguard our members' accounts and to stop this kind of thing happening again.
"We're sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused."