Security News > 2020 > January > Restaurant Chain Landry's Investigates Malware Incident

Although Landry's now uses end-to-end encryption within its payment system and its point-of-sale devices, it appears that some customers' payment card data was exposed as a result of the malware when waitstaff at some locations mistakenly swiped cards on terminals used to enter kitchen and bar orders, according to the company.

"The payment cards potentially involved in this incident are the cards mistakenly swiped on the order-entry systems."

The unidentified malware that the Landry's security found appears to have targeted customers' track data found on the magnetic stripe of payment cards, according to the company.

In some cases, the malware only identified the part of the magnetic stripe that contained payment card information without the cardholder name, the company notes.

Because Landry's used end-to-end encryption within its point-of-sale devices, the malware couldn't read or collect most payment and credit card data it collected, the company states.

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