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English Español Hy-Vee warns of payment-card data breach

The investigation is focused on card transactions at fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops, and restaurants.



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Author: PetrolPlaza Correspondent Pablo Plaza

Hy-Vee, Inc. announced last week that is conducting an investigation into a data incident involving its payment processing systems. The data breach would involve payment processing systems on transactions at some Hy-Vee fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops, and restaurants.

After recently detecting unauthorized activity on some of their payment processing systems, Hy-Vee began an investigation with the help of cybersecurity firms. The company also notified federal law enforcement and the payment card networks.

These locations at risk have different point-of-sale systems than those located at Hy-Vee’s grocery stores, drugstores and inside their convenience stores, which utilize point-to-point encryption technology for processing payment card transactions. This encryption technology protects card data by making it unreadable.

Being the investigation is in its earliest stages, Hy-Vee announced it can no provide with additional details at this time. The company will provide notification to customers as they get further clarity about the specific timeframes and locations that may have been involved.

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