Home Chef has announced that it had a data security incident after customer records were exposed. Based on what is currently known, information that was impacted may include names, email addresses, phone numbers, encrypted passwords, the last four digits of credit card numbers, frequency of deliveries and mailing addresses. Although passwords were encrypted, Home Chef is recommending customers to change their passwords. 

What This Means

When a site is breached, your personal information can be accessed by hackers and can be made publicly available on the internet. Any information of a person has a chance to be exposed, no matter how secure the site can be.

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