Friday, 26 May 2017

Chipotle says ‘most’ of its restaurants were infected with credit card stealing malware

Chipotle Mexican Grill today announced that it has identified the malware that was responsible for the credit card hack earlier this year. Alongside the news, it also released a new tool to help customers check whether the restaurant they visited was involved. When pressed by The Verge, Chipotle did not disclose the exact numbers of restaurants affected, but said “most” locations nationwide may have been involved.

“The malware searched for track data (which sometimes has cardholder name in addition to card number, expiration date, and internal verification code) read from the magnetic stripe of a payment card as it was being routed through the POS device,” Chipotle said in a statement. “There is no indication that other customer...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/26/15701776/chipotle-restaurants-hacked-credit-card-malware

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/chipotle-says-most-of-its-restaurants.html

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