The California Office of the Attorney General reported on July 7, 2016, that Wendy's experienced a data breach involving malicious cyber activity that compromised customer payment card information starting in late fall 2015. The breach affected payment card details such as cardholder names, numbers, expiration dates, verification values, and service codes, but the number of individuals impacted is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62720
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/wendys-international
"id": "wen203072625",
"linkid": "wendys-international",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Food and Beverage',
'name': "Wendy's",
'type': 'Restaurant Chain'}],
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['cardholder names',
'card numbers',
'expiration dates',
'verification values',
'service codes']},
'date_detected': 'late fall 2015',
'date_publicly_disclosed': 'July 7, 2016',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported on '
"July 7, 2016, that Wendy's experienced a data breach "
'involving malicious cyber activity that compromised customer '
'payment card information starting in late fall 2015. The '
'breach affected payment card details such as cardholder '
'names, numbers, expiration dates, verification values, and '
'service codes, but the number of individuals impacted is '
'currently unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['cardholder names',
'card numbers',
'expiration dates',
'verification values',
'service codes'],
'payment_information_risk': True},
'references': [{'date_accessed': 'July 7, 2016',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': "Wendy's Data Breach",
'type': 'Data Breach'}