Chili’s is the latest business to be the subject of a data breach. According to the announcement malware was used to gather payment information (credit/debit card numbers, cardholder names). They believe data was stolen between March & April 2018 but they are still investigating the scope of the attack. It looks like it only affected certain Chili’s restaurants and not all customers are affected even if you did visit during the breached period. They haven’t provided any estimates on how many customers are affected, or a list of stores.
It has been my long term position that these data breaches will continue to occur in increasing numbers until the penalties involved for having data breaches are suitably increased. If you think you’ve become the victim of a data breach, I’d recommend reading this post and following the steps.
