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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday December 21 2019, @04:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the a-little-off-the-top dept.

US convenience store Wawa said on Thursday that it recently discovered malware that skimmed customers' payment card data at just about all of its 850 stores.

[...]The malware collected payment card numbers, expiration dates, and cardholder names from payment cards used at "potentially all Wawa in-store payment terminals and fuel dispensers." The advisory didn't say how many customers or cards were affected. The malware didn't access debit card PINs, credit card CVV2 numbers, or driver license data used to verify age-restricted purchases. Information processed by in-store ATMs was also not affected. The company has hired an outside forensics firm to investigate the infection.

[...]People who have used payment cards at a Wawa location should pay close attention to billing statements over the past eight months. It's always a good idea to regularly review credit reports as well. Wawa said it will provide one year of identity-theft protection and credit monitoring from credit-reporting service Experian at no charge. Thursday's disclosure lists other steps card holders can take.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/12/pos-malware-skimmed-convenience-store-customers-card-data-for-8-months/


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by shortscreen on Saturday December 21 2019, @10:03AM (2 children)

    by shortscreen (2252) on Saturday December 21 2019, @10:03AM (#934945) Journal

    There's a chain store called Wawa? Was it founded by babies?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 21 2019, @12:48PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 21 2019, @12:48PM (#934962)

      No its named after its hometown which was founded by babies.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by RS3 on Saturday December 21 2019, @02:41PM

      by RS3 (6367) on Saturday December 21 2019, @02:41PM (#934982)

      "The name of the town Wawa is in turn derived from the Ojibwe https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Ojibwe&ia=web [duckduckgo.com] word for the Canada goose (taken from The Song of Hiawatha https://duckduckgo.com/?q=The+Song+of+Hiawatha&ia=web [duckduckgo.com]). An image of a goose in flight serves as the Wawa corporate logo."

  • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday December 21 2019, @06:58PM

    by acid andy (1683) on Saturday December 21 2019, @06:58PM (#935025) Homepage Journal

    Wawa said it will provide one year of identity-theft protection and credit monitoring from credit-reporting service Experian at no charge.

    That's a very pretty identity you got there. Would be a shame if something were to happen to it...

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