MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailSkimmerCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

bd_a20dea545d6f4ae3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

May 29, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. →

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. disclosed a data security issue involving malware installed on point-of-sale systems at certain Checkers and Rally’s locations. The malware collected payment card data from magnetic stripes, including cardholder name, payment card number, card verification code, and expiration date. The incident affected approximately 15% of locations across multiple states, with exposure windows ranging from December 2015 to April 2019. The company engaged security experts, contained the malware, and coordinated with law enforcement and payment card companies.

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Incident timeline

Dec 17, 2015

Begins

May 29, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_6de4c6543868287e2019-05-29Candidate

Name: Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
norm: checkers drive in restaurants
Domain: checkers.com

Name: Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
norm: checkers drive in restaurants
Domain: checkers.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Dec 17, 2015 – Apr 30, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 29, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Coordinated with federal law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Engaged leading data security experts to conduct an extensive investigation
Coordinated with affected restaurants and federal law enforcement authorities
Worked closely with third-party security experts to contain and remove the malware
Coordinating with the payment card companies in their efforts to protect cardholders
Changes made: Continue to take steps to enhance the security of Checkers and Rally’s systems and prevent this type of issue from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Delaware State AGMay 29 · first

California State AGMay 29 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-147626
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 29, 2019
Raw hash: da53dd7e20e0197de4ab12dffc4014688fcedd7d87b30a4770ebc302843c1fc8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCheckers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

Victim entityCheckers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseEngaged leading data security experts to conduct an extensive investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov