The official notification issued by AutoZone says – “AutoZone became aware that an unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability associated with MOVEit and exfiltrated certain data from an AutoZone system that supports the MOVEit application. We have performed an analysis of the affected system and associated data to determine whether your information was potentially impacted. More specifically, on or about August 15, 2023, AutoZone determined that the exploitation of the vulnerability in the MOVEit application had resulted in the exfiltration of certain data.”
Now, the announcement has not thrown light on the type of data that has been stolen, but the notice filed in the Maine Attorney General’s office states that full names and social security numbers have been breached, and this information is enough to pull off a wire fraud or an identity fraud as well.
So far, it has been confirmed that 180,000 people have been affected in this data breach, and AutoZone is working alongside the authorities to bring this to an and. They have also offered to provide free identity protection to the victims for a period of two years. They have also requested all their users to be vigilant online, especially when responding to text messages.
