Whole Foods Discloses Credit Card Breach

Bad news for those who have dined or had drinks at Whole Foods: the Amazon-endemic organic grocery store chain on Th disclosed a security breach that may have compromised your credit bill of fare information.

SecurityWatch In a statement, Whole Foods said it "recently received information regarding unauthorized access of payment card information used at certain venues such as taprooms and full table-service restaurants located within some stores." Whole Foods did not specify when the breach occurred or how many customers are affected.

On the plus side, Whole Foods said the affected venues use a different point of sale system than the shop'southward primary checkout systems. And then, if you have only purchased groceries from Whole Foods, your payment card information should not be at risk due to this breach. Amazon.com transactions are likewise unaffected.

The company said information technology is "taking appropriate measures to accost the outcome." Equally before long as information technology discovered the breach, Whole Foods launched an investigation into the thing, contacted law enforcement, and brought in "a leading cyber security forensics firm" to help.

Whole Foods said its investigation is "ongoing," and promised to provide updates as it learns more. In the meantime, those who think they might be affected should closely monitor their banking company accounts.

"While about Whole Foods Market stores practice not have these taprooms and restaurants, Whole Foods Market place encourages its customers to closely monitor their payment card statements and written report any unauthorized charges to the issuing depository financial institution," the company wrote.

The alienation comes after Amazon last month completed its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods. Amazon recently lowered its prices on "a selection of best-selling" Whole Foods products and announced that Prime will presently become the grocery chain's client rewards programs.

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