Remember when Whole Foods was making constant headlines because Amazon (NASDAQ:$AMZN) was acquiring it? Well, now Whole Foods is back in the news, but not necessarily for a good reason.
On Thursday, the company announced that Whole Foods had endured a data breach of credit card information used in taprooms and full-table service restaurants in some of its stores. Whole Foods pointed out that these venues use a different point-of-sale system than the regular checkout systems. Therefore, credit cards used at those systems were not affected by the breach.
After Whole Foods discovered the breach, the company said it launched an investigation, receiving help from a cybersecurity forensics firm and contacted law enforcement. When asked what they are doing to resolve the problem, Whole Foods said it is taking the “appropriate measures” to address the issue.
Luckily for Amazon, the company’s systems are not connected to those at Whole Foods, therefore Amazon purchases were not affected, the company said. Shares of Amazon were little changed in after-hours trade.
The investigation into the breach is ongoing, and Whole Foods said it will be sure to inform the public with more information as it is available.
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