Cybersecurity

Payment Data from Wawa Customers Is For Sale Online

Information on almost 100,000 cards available on Monday
Wawa urging payment card processors, others to be vigilant

Wawa gas station chain in Middletown, Delaware.
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By Alyza Sebenius

January 28, 2020 at 8:27 PM UTC

Updated on

January 28, 2020 at 9:10 PM UTC

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Credit and debit card information from customers of the food and gasoline chain Wawa Inc. is being sold online, according to the fraud intelligence company Gemini Advisory.

The breach “ranks among the largest payment card breaches of 2019, and of all time” because it potentially affected 850 stores and 30 million payment records, Gemini Advisory said in a report on Tuesday.