Food delivery firm DoorDash suffers massive data breach

DoorDash has suffered a data breach affecting almost five million customers after an unauthorised third party was able to access DoorDash user data earlier this year,

In a blog post, the company said it noticed unusual activity and “immediately launched an investigation”, employing outside security experts to figure out what was going on.

After realising a hacker had been able to access data, “we took immediate steps to block further access”.

DoorDash is new to the Australian market, launching recently in Melbourne with plans to roll out across the rest of the country in late-2019 and early-2020.

The company specified the breach has only affected customers who joined before April 5, 2019.

DoorDash said data that could have been affected in the breach includes customer names, delivery addresses and phone numbers, as well as email addresses, order history and hashed and salted passwords.

“We deeply regret the frustration and inconvenience that this may cause you,” DoorDash stated.

“Every member of the DoorDash community is important to us, and we want to assure you that we value your security and privacy.”

Sheridan Randall, 30^th September 2019