A devastating cyberattack struck critical KFC and Taco Bell infrastructure in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, forcing parent company Yum Brands to halt all extra crispy, gravy-smothered, fiesta-style, crunch-tastic, extra spicy supreme commerce at as many as 300 UK stores, the AP reports.
The stores were reopened on Thursday and no further attacks have been reported. It’s not clear if the company negotiated with unknown cyber-extremists to end the ransomware attack or what their demands even were. Or if the terrorists are even still alive. Maybe Colonel Sanders is not just a marketing character but also the name of some ruthless ex-black ops mercenary leading a highly skilled team on call to eliminate threats to the company with extreme prejudice – and they went into action. If they’re not going to tell us what happened then we just have to use our imaginations.