Whole Foods Data Breach Affected About 100 Taprooms, Restaurants
20 Outubro 2017 - 5:42PM
Dow Jones News
By Heather Haddon
Whole Foods Market said Friday that a data breach involving
credit-card charges made at the grocer's taprooms and full-service
restaurants affected about 100 venues in its stores over a
six-month period.
The company said the hack lasted from March 10 until Sept. 28
and included bars and restaurants in 30 states, including
California, Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Big cities
including New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., were among
those targeted.
Whole Foods, which operates 473 stores, is among a number of
food retailers who have faced data breaches, including Sonic Corp.
last month and Wendy's Co. in 2016.
The Whole Foods' hack potentially included the copying of
cardholder names, account numbers and verification codes. It didn't
impact transactions at its grocery stores, only in-store bars and
restaurants, the company said.
The breach also didn't affect orders made through Amazon.com
Inc., the e-commerce giant that took over the grocer in August,
Whole Foods said.
The company hired a cybersecurity firm to assess the hack and
conduct an investigation. It has replaced the sales systems at the
affected locations and stopped the unauthorized activity, the
Austin-based company said.
"Whole Foods Market has been working closely with the payment
card companies," it said in a statement.
It first disclosed the breach last month.
Write to Heather Haddon at heather.haddon@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 20, 2017 15:27 ET (19:27 GMT)
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