Chipotle Breach: All Georgia Locations Where Data Compromised

Officials with fast-casual chain Chipotle has identified malware that it says was used to steal customer payment data over a span of just over three weeks, and dozens of Georgia locations were among those affected by the breach.

In a news release May 26, the company said customer information was compromised between March 24 and April 18. The malware searched for track data, which can include cardholder names in addition to card numbers, expiration dates and internal verification codes. Chipotle said the malware searched from the information from the magnetic stripe of the payment card.

The malware has since been removed, according to Chipotle corporate officials, and no other customer information was stolen. The company provided a list of locations that were affected by the breach on its website, though it is unclear how many customers were affected.

A spokesman for the company told Reuters that the breach hit most of its roughly 2,250 restaurants.

The news of the breach comes over a year after an E.coli outbreak that diminished customer trust in the popular restaurant was declared as having ended. Chipotle disclosed the breach at an investor meeting in April.

These Georgia locations were affected by the breach:

• Alpharetta: 5250 Windward Pkwy, #120, and 10910 Haynes Bridge Road
• Athens: 165 Alps Road
• Atlanta: 718 Ponce de Leon Ave., 5920 Roswell Road, 5001 Peachtree Blvd, Building 1000, Suite 1010, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road NE, 3424 Piedmont Rd NE, 3393 Peachtree Road, Ste 1017A, 2973 B Cobb Parkway, 2963 N. Druid Hills, 2078 Henderson Mill Road Northeast, 2020 Howell Mill Road NW, Unit #39, 1745 Peachtree St NE, 1401 Oxford Road, 123 Perimeter Center West, 11700 Spine Rd., Suite DF2
• Buford: 3350 Buford Drive, Ste B 260
• Canton: 2026 Cumming Highway, Suite 110
• Cumming: 905 Market Place Blvd., Ste 25C
• Decatur: 198 West Ponce de Leon Avenue
• Duluth: 2190 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., 110, 2040 Pleasant Hill Road, 11720 Medlock Bridge Road Bld. 100, Suite 135
• Kennesaw: 954 Ernest W Barrett Parkway NW, Ste 120, 777 Townpark Lane NW, Suite 100
• Lawrenceville: 860 Duluth Highway, Ste 320
• Marietta: 1281 Johnson Ferry Rd NE, Ste 104
• Norcross: 5175 Peachtree Parkway
• Roswell: 10800 Alpharetta Hwy., 288
• Sandy Springs: 4600 Roswell Road Suite B110
• Snellville: 1650 Scenic Highway
• Tucker: 4347 Hugh Howell Road, 300

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Story by Feroze Dhanoa, Patch staff