Wawa, a convenience store chain across the East coast of the United states, was subjected to a malware attack at the end of 2019, exposing customer payment data card information.
The Philadelphia-based chain has over 850 different Wawa convenience stores across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, and Washington, DC.
What happened in the Wawa payment card data breach?
Wawa discovered malware on its company payment processing servers back on December 10. In a letter to customers after the breach was announced, the CEO of Wawa, Chris Gheysens, claimed that the issue affected ‘potentially all Wawa locations’. That amounts to over 850 separate physical convenience stores around America.
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The silver lining in the breach comes as Wawa claim they were able to remove the malware within two days of finding it on their systems. They now say that they are confident there is no further risk posed to customers due to this breach.
Can customers take legal action against Wawa for the payment card data breach?
On December 26, customers who had their payment card data breached from the Wawa attack…
