Credit Card Info Stolen From 12 Restaurants Nationwide

BEACHWOOD, OH — A data breach may have compromised credit card information at 12 restaurants nationwide, with locations in California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Ohio. Customers who used a debit or credit card at the restaurants may have had their payment information stolen. The data breach took place between Oct. 26, 2016, and Feb. 3, 2017.

All of the impacted locations are managed by Beachwood-based Select Restaurants. Customers may have had their card number, card expiration date, CVV and cardholder name stolen. A list of all impacted restaurants is at the bottom of this article.

The company says it began investigating unusual activity at its third-party vendor and data systems on March 30, 2017. The company contracted an independent forensic expert to look into its systems and discover if they had been compromised.

On April 26, 2017, Select Restaurants had its suspicions confirmed. There had been a possible compromise of guests' debit and credit cards over a roughly three month span.

After discovering the breach, Select used the forensic investigators to determine what happened, how the information was stolen, what information was taken, remove any malware in the system and implement new procedures to prevent further breaches. The Secret Service is helping investigate the incident.

“Select Restaurants takes the security of our guests’ information seriously, and we apologize for the inconvenience this incident has caused our guests,” Alan Donatelli, president and COO of Select Restaurants, said in a statement. “We continue to work with third-party forensic investigators and law enforcement officials to ensure the security of our systems, and do all we can on behalf of our guests.”

A spokesperson for Select Restaurants did not immediately return Patch's request for comment.

Impacted restaurants and their dates of compromise are below.

• Parkers' Lighthouse/Queensview Steakhouse, 435 Shoreline Village Dr., Long Beach, Calif. - Oct. 27, 2016 - Jan. 5, 2017
• Countyline Tavern, 800 W Lake Cook Rd., Buffalo Grove, Ill. - Oct. 27, 2016 - Jan. 8, 2017
• Parkers’ Restaurant & Bar, 1000 31st St., Downers Grove, Ill. — Oct. 27, 2016 - Jan. 9, 2017
• Winberie's Oak Park, 151 North Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill. - Oct. 26 - Jan. 7, 2017
• Skywalk Observatory, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Tower Floor 52, Boston, Mass. - Oct. 26, 2016 - Jan. 10, 2017
• Top of the Hub, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Tower Floor 52, Boston, Mass. - Oct. 26, 2016 - Jan. 10, 2017
• Rusty Scupper, 402 Key Highway Inner Harbor Marina, Baltimore, Md. — Oct. 27, 2016 - Jan. 9, 2017
• Winberie's Princeton, One Palmer Square, Princeton, N.J. - Oct. 26, 2016 - Jan. 10, 2017
• Winberie’s Summit, 2 Kent Place Boulevard, Summit, N.J. - Oct. 26, 2016 - Jan. 7, 2017
• Black Powder Tavern, 1164 Valley Forge Road, Wayne, Penn. — Oct. 27, 2016 - Jan. 8, 2017
• Parkers' Blue Ash, 4200 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH - Oct. 27, 2016 - Feb. 3, 2017
• Pier W, 12700 Lake Avenue, Winton Place, Lakewood, OH - Oct. 27, 2016 - Jan. 7, 2017

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