KFC Venezuela Alleged Data Breach – 1 Million Customer Records Exposed

A data breach has reportedly affected KFC Venezuela, with a threat actor offering a database containing personal and order information of over one million customers for sale on a dark web forum.

Advertised on Sun, Oct 8, 2025, the data includes sensitive customer details, posing risks of fraud and identity theft. The database, a 405 MB CSV file, contains 1,067,291 rows of data, indicating a significant compromise of KFC's Venezuelan operations.

The breach exposes a wide range of personally identifiable information (PII) and transactional data. The leaked database reportedly includes customers' full names, phone numbers, email addresses, and delivery addresses.

Financial details exposed include payment methods, transaction-related exchange rates, and ordered items with quantities and prices. This combination increases the risk of phishing campaigns, financial fraud, and other malicious activities targeting the affected individuals.

The data set also contains operational details like order creation and update timestamps, sales channels, and internal store information. The threat actor posted the sale on a hacking forum, detailing the data fields included in the compromised database.

To verify the data's authenticity, the seller provided a sample of the records, showing customer names, contact information, and specific order details. Data fields listed include cliente_fullname , cliente_phone , cliente_email , and cliente_direccion . Order-specific identifiers like orden_id , store information, and aggregator IDs were also mentioned, suggesting a deep compromise of the order management or CRM systems.

The actor is inviting interested parties to contact for pricing, indicating the data is available for purchase to other malicious actors. The exposure of such detailed customer information places over one million individuals at risk. Malicious actors could use the leaked data to orchestrate scams, using order histories and personal details to enhance their fraudulent attempts.

KFC Venezuela customers are advised to be cautious of unsolicited communications claiming to be from the company or other service providers. Individuals potentially affected should monitor their financial accounts for suspicious activity. As of now, KFC Venezuela has not issued a statement regarding the alleged breach.

This incident underscores the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures to protect customer data in an increasingly targeted digital environment.

Based on reporting by Cyber Security News.