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Wawa Data Breach May Have Compromised All of Us
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Crap.
Wawa announced on Thursday that a big data breach may have affected ALL of their locations.
“I am very sorry to share with you that Wawa has experienced a data security incident. Our information security team discovered malware on Wawa payment processing servers on December 10, 2019, and contained it by December 12, 2019,” said Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens in a letter to customers on Thursday.
This malware affected customer payment card information used at potentially all Wawa locations beginning at different points in time after March 4, 2019 and until it was contained last week.
This malware affected payment card information, including credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates, and cardholder names on payment cards used at potentially all Wawa in-store payment terminals and fuel dispensers.
So… basically everybody in this region could be affected, right? Who hasn’t been to a Wawa since March 4th? That’s a nine-month span that could involve every single location, so if you used a card inside or just to buy gas, you’re probably compromised. I definitely bought gas at the Aramingo and Limerick Wawas and pretty sure I got a Sizzli at two in the morning after a Sixers game.
Keep an eye on your credit and debit card accounts and report anything that looks suspicious.
In the meantime, a message for the cyber attackers who decided to target Wawa:
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com