Tag Archives: point-of-sale malware

There’s the Beef: Wendy’s Breach Numbers About to Get Much Meatier

June 9, 2016

When news broke last month that the credit card breach at fast food chain Wendy’s impacted fewer than 300 out of the company’s 5,800 locations, the response from many readers was, “Where’s the Breach?” Today, Wendy’s said the number of stores impacted by the breach is “significantly higher” and that the intrusion may not yet be contained.

Home Depot Hit By Same Malware as Target

September 7, 2014

The apparent credit and debit card breach uncovered this week at Home Depot was aided in part by a new variant of the same malicious software that stole card account data from cash registers at Target last December, according to sources close to the investigation.