Customer data breach at Papa John's and Mustit
A customer personal data breach occurred at Papa John's and Mustit. Abnormal access was detected on May 6–14 and June 9, 2025, through an API that allowed some personal information to be queried without authentication. The companies announced that up to nine data items, including member number, user ID, name, date of birth, mobile phone number and address, may have been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Papa John's
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-05-06
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of up to nine data items, including member number, user ID, name, date of birth, mobile phone number and address
- Cause / method
- Abnormal access to an API that allowed some personal information to be queried without authentication
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberAddressDate of birthUsername
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organization’s official website or app.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Center ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- Abnormal access occurred until May 14 through an API that allowed some personal information to be queried without authentication.
- Abnormal access to the API occurred again.
- The customer data breach at Papa John's and Mustit and the possible leak of up to nine data items were reported.
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