They recently targeted the firm, the United States' largest chocolate manufacturer and maker of the iconic Hershey bar.
But rather than seeking personal information, it appears the intruders merely sought to adjust one of the free recipes Hershey's publishes for fans of its chocolate, which is often derided as poor quality in Europe.
In an email warning to customers, it said it had "recently discovered that an unauthorized individual accessed one of our websites and altered one of our baking recipes".
"All indications are that this incident involved only the site where we manage consumer baking and cooking recipes. No financial information was stored on the same server as our recipes, and Hershey's online stores operate on a different system," it added.
The firm did not disclose which particular baking recipe the hackers altered and their motivation is unclear.
It said that although the relevant server contained personal details including email and street addresses there was "no indication" the data were accessed. Nevertheless, it warned customers to change passwords and be wary of unsolicited email.
Recently it was revealed that british intelligence agencies had conducted their own recipe-based hacking operation. They replaced the pages of an Al Qaeda propaganda magazine with garbled exerpts of a baking recipe in what was dubbed "Operation Cupcake".
taken from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8681546/Hackers-change-Hersheys-chocolate-recipe.html
Recently it was revealed that british intelligence agencies had conducted their own recipe-based hacking operation. They replaced the pages of an Al Qaeda propaganda magazine with garbled exerpts of a baking recipe in what was dubbed "Operation Cupcake".
taken from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8681546/Hackers-change-Hersheys-chocolate-recipe.html
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