Some 8 million of the meal delivery company's customer records have been offered for sale on the Dark Web.

Dark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

May 22, 2020

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Roughly 8 million users of meal-delivery company Home Chef found themselves served a side of compromised data along with their food. The personal information, which includes email address, encrypted password, last four credit card digits, gender, age, and subscription information, was offered for sale on the Dark Web for approximately $2,500.

The threat actor group Shiny Hunters offered the Home Chef data as part of a trove of information from 11 companies placed on various Dark Web sites a week ago. The company is notifying all affected customers and recommends that they change their account passwords out of "an abundance of caution." 

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