Chipotle is one of the restaurant chains that have been hit with a type of malware this year, Arby's got hit earlier in the year. It seems that a lot of major restaurants are starting to be hit, with that in mind it is always a good idea to keep an eye on your bank account to see if there is any unusual activity that you don't remember.

Chipotle has a website up that gives more information, and also allows you to search for stores that were affected by the malware. [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

The investigation identified the operation of malware designed to access payment card data from cards used on point-of-sale (POS) devices at certain Chipotle restaurants between March 24, 2017 and April 18, 2017. The malware searched for track data (which sometimes has cardholder name in addition to card number, expiration date, and internal verification code) read from the magnetic stripe of a payment card as it was being routed through the POS device. There is no indication that other customer information was affected. A list of affected Chipotle restaurant locations and specific time frames is available here. Not all locations were involved, and the specific time frames vary by location.


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Upon learning of the incident, ARG immediately notified law enforcement and a thorough investigation was commenced. ARG learned of, and quickly took measures to contain and eradicate, malware that was present on the point-of-sale (POS) systems of certain restaurants. ARG believes that, by means of the malware, the intruder may have been able to access data from payment cards used during time frames that vary by restaurant but in each case begin no earlier than October 20, 2016 and end no later than January 12, 2017.


Who do you think will be the next, Wendy's was hit last year and I've got a feeling more and more companies are going to start seeing these types of malware as we move more and more into the digital age.