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Wendy’s accused of negligence after alleged data breach

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Dissent

So on January 27, Brian Krebs revealed that Wendy’s was looking into whether it had been breached. By February 8 – a long delay by today’s standards – a potential class action lawsuit was filed  by attorneys for Jonathan Torres in the Middle District of Florida.   Robbie Hargett of Legal Newsline has more on the lawsuit:

Jonathan Torres, individually and for all others similarly situated, filed a class-action lawsuit Feb. 8 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against The Wendy’s Co., alleging breach of implied contract, negligence, and violations of Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

On Jan. 27, 2016, the suit states, Wendy’s announced that hackers used malicious software to steal credit and debit card data on computers that operate the payment processing systems for Wendy’s restaurants.

The suit alleges Wendy’s acknowledged the weakness of its security system, and that it had taken steps to strengthen its security system since the data breach.

However, the suit alleges Wendy’s could have prevented the data breach by adopting technology that helps make transactions more secure, especially as the software used in the data breach was allegedly likely a variant of the “BlackPOS” strain that hackers used in last year’s data breach at many other retail establishments.

Read more on Legal Newsline.

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