Security News > 2020 > October > Dickey’s BBQ Breach: Meaty 3M Payment Card Upload Drops on Joker’s Stash

Popular U.S. smoked-meat franchise Dickey's Barbecue Pit has been hit with a data breach, with cybercriminals posting the fat cap of the compromised data - 3 million payment cards - on the popular Joker's Stash underground marketplace this week.

"We are utilizing the experience of third parties who have helped other restaurants address similar issues and also working with the FBI and payment card networks. We understand that payment card network rules generally provide that individuals who timely report unauthorized charges to the bank that issued their card are not responsible for those charges."

This marketplace is known for advertising and uploading major breaches containing millions of compromised cards, including the Wawa breach - which dropped 30 million payment cards - from January.

Gemini Advisory researchers claim that payment transactions of the franchise may have been processed on point-of-sale systems via the outdated magnetic stripe card method - which they said is prone to malware attacks.

"As the breach at Dickey's BBQ reminds us, there is still plenty of meat left on the bone of credit card fraud despite the dramatic shift in coverage to privacy and identity theft," he said.

News URL

https://threatpost.com/dickeys-bbq-breach-jokers-stash/160211/