A massive data breach at Wawa has compromised credit and debit cards used by customers at potentially any store.
The company said that malware found on its in-store payment processing systems exposed credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates, and cardholder names on payment cards used at potentially all Wawa in-store payment terminals and fuel dispensers between March 4 and December 12 of this year.
If you shopped at Wawa during that time and used a credit or debit card to pay for your purchase, your information may be at risk.
What can I do now?
Sign up for a free credit monitoring service. Wawa is offering customers one year of identity theft protection and credit monitoring for free through Experian. Visit the Experian IdentityWorks website to enroll or contact Experian’s customer care team at 1-844-386-9559. The activation code for the service is 4H2H3T9H6. For the latest information, visit Wawa’s data breach page.
What else can I do to protect my financial information?
The Federal Trade Commission also suggests consumers take the following steps to help protect their data:
Visit Identitytheft.gov/databreach for additional steps you can take if your information was lost or stolen.