1,025 Wendy’s Locations Hit in Card Breach
Summary: Wendy's said at least 1,025 of its locations were hit by a malware-driven credit card breach that began in the fall of 2015, up from its earlier estimate of fewer than 300 stores. The company blamed an unnamed third-party service provider with remote access to compromised cash registers, and First Choice Federal Credit Union filed a class action alleging the breach could have been prevented or lessened had Wendy's acted faster.
What's compelling: The CEO of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions said member losses from cards compromised at Wendy's already eclipse those from the Target and Home Depot breaches, and Wendy's first learned of the breach in January 2016 while stores were still being drained of card data six months later.
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