A heads up for readers in the U.S. if you haven't changed your passwords since last November, you might just want to get on that. One of the most common ways hackers can gain access to your accounts is by data breaches, where a website's private data including usernames and passwords become public. Once out, this information will be used to attempt to hack other services, so it's always smart to update passwords after breaches like the one that happened to Ahold Delhaize.
As BleepingComputer reports, Ahold Delhaize is one of the biggest food retailers in the world, doing most of its business in Europe, Indonesia, and the United States. Across its ventures, the company employs nearly 400,000 people across almost 10,000 stores. This is all to service the 60 million customers per week, all of whom should really change their passwords.
