Wawa data breach: Wawa hit with massive data breach, potentially affecting more than …

Nearly 4 in 10 Americans have been affected by a data breach or identity theft in the past year, according to ScoreSense.

The typical U.S. data breach costs more than $8 million, IBM says, or more than twice the global average.

“Yes, there may be fraudulent activity on credit cards, but consumers are not liable for those charges because of federal law protections,” Rothschild said.

But given that debit PINs were not exposed, Wawa customers who paid with debit cards are at a lower risk.

ADFounded in 1964 as a roadside dairy market in the Philadelphia suburbs, privately held Wawa now has more than 850 stores throughout the East Coast.