Hacking is yes, endless, and as long as those individuals have the motive to do so, they won’t stop.
Renowned food delivery app Grubhub reported yet another hacking incident and data breach, and has become a victim of these incidents yet again.
Threats of extortion
Now weakened due to the data breach incident, the hackers are demanding money, or extorting money from Grubhub in exchange for letting them go of the breach.
The food delivery platform confirmed this brand-new data breach after hackers accessed its systems.
“We’re aware of unauthorized individuals who recently downloaded data from certain Grubhub systems,” Grubhub told BleepingComputer and the Ridesharing Forum team. “We quickly investigated, stopped the activity, and are taking steps to further increase our security posture. Sensitive information, such as financial information or order history, was not affected.”
Grubhub has since faced extortion demands. Extortion is the criminal act of obtaining valuable resources like money or property from someone or a group using threats, intimidation, or coercion, usually involving threats of violence, physical or reputational harm, or unfavorable actions if the demands are not met. Yikes.
Grubhub refused to respond to further questions about this new breach, including when it happened, whether customer data were stolen, or details on the extortion.
However, the company confirmed it is now working with a third-party cybersecurity firm and has alerted the authorities.
What’s their motive?
OpenAI says that hacking is endless, as long as their motive for doing so exists.
“It’s more like disease, fraud, or war: it’s managed, contained, and made unprofitable – not erased,” it told Ridesharing Forum. “Because perfection is not the goal of attackers.”
This makes resolving hacking even more difficult.
The biggest motive of hackers still remains the biggest motive, and it’s money. Or, otherwise, hackers do it to assert themselves as powerful, and gain attention. Or, sabotage, or they simply want to share their ideology.
Whether it’s the sudden change to the lyrics of a song that they make appear like you didn’t notice, or making your post look like you’ve committed a typo, or spying on you online, hacking has to die.
This isn’t the first time food delivery apps have become victims of hacking and data breaches.
You could remember last month when Grubhub was linked to a wave of scam emails sent from its b.grubhub.com subdomain that promoted and enticed customers with a cryptocurrency scam promising a tenfold return on Bitcoin payments.
Grubhub was successfully able to contain the issue, taking steps to prevent the entry and spread of these unauthorized messages. But then again, they wouldn’t answer further questions about the incident once more. Whether the two incidents are related is unclear. For more delivery news, keep browsing this Ridesharing Forum site.