The Wawa convenience store chain, with 850 stores along the US east coast, has been breached. Wawa disclosed that on December 10, 2019, a malicious code was found on its Point of Sale systems. Officials with the company, based in Wawa, Pennsylvania, believe the malware had been collecting card numbers, cardholder names and other data since as early as March 4, 2019. The malware was removed on December 12.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, at least six lawsuits seeking class-action status have been filed in federal court in Philadelphia. “The data breach was the inevitable result of Wawa’s inadequate data security measures and cavalier approach to data security”, said one suit.
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