Hackers demand €30,000 ransom from Domino's Pizza

A group of hackers are threatening to publish customer records from the pizza chain - including their favourite toppings.

A group of hackers are demanding €30,000 from Domino's Pizza or they will be publish customer records - including their favourite toppings.

The group, calling themselves Rex Mundi , made their demands public on Friday after contacting the pizza chain early last week. They claim to have downloaded over 600,000 of the records from the French and Belgian branches of the pizza chain.

"We downloaded over 592,000 customer records (including passwords) from French customers and over 58,000 records from Belgian ones," wrote the group.

"That's over six hundred thousand records, which include the customers' full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passwords and delivery instructions. (Oh, and their favorite pizza topping as well, because why not)."

Rex Mundi also posted their threats on their Twitter account which has since been suspended. The group have warned that Domino's have until 8pm CET (7pm Irish time) tonight to pay the ransom.

Domino's has confirmed that there has been a breach and have asked their customers to change their account passwords. However, they are adamant that customers' financial information is not at risk and they will not meet Rex Mundi's demands.

Domino's Pizza chief executive Andre ten Wold has said that a legal complaint has been filed against Rex Mundi at a court in Paris.

"There are clear indications that something is broken on our server. The information contained in them is protected," he told Dutch newspaper De Standaart.

"Financial data, such as credit cards, has not been stolen."

This has all the makings of a high-octane thriller.

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