Wendy's

Wendy's of Fresno, Inc. reported a cybersecurity incident involving malicious cyber activity targeting payment card information at franchisee-operated restaurants. The breach resulted from compromised service provider remote access credentials, allowing deployment of malware on POS systems. Affected data included cardholder names, card numbers, expiration dates, and verification values. Wendy's disabled the malware, engaged forensic experts and law enforcement, and offered one year of fraud consultation and identity restoration services to affected customers.