The Chili’s breach at a Japanese naval base has resulted in hundreds more victims than originally reported. Erik Slavin reports:
A credit card hacking operation has now victimized at least 330 customers of Chili’s restaurant on Yokosuka Naval Base, Navy officials said Monday.
The 330 victims have reported an estimated $190,000 in fraudulent charges to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service since the investigation began Oct. 4.
That number is expected to climb, since some of the restaurant’s patrons might have not yet been victimized, or might have reported fraudulent charges solely to their banks and credit unions, officials said.
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