http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/03/point-of-sale-vendor-nextep-probes-breach/
By Brian Krebs
Krebs on Security
March 9, 2015
NEXTEP Systems, a Troy, Mich.-based vendor of point-of-sale solutions for
restaurants, corporate cafeterias, casinos, airports and other food
service venues, was recently notified by law enforcement that some of its
customer locations have been compromised in a potentially wide-ranging
credit card breach, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
The acknowledgement came in response to reports by sources in the
financial industry who spotted a pattern of fraud on credit cards all
recently used at one of NEXTEP’S biggest customers: Zoup, a chain of some
75 soup eateries spread across the northern half of the United States and
Canada.
Last week, KrebsOnSecurity reached out to Zoup after hearing from
financial industry sources about fraud patterns indicating some sort of
card compromise at many Zoup locations. Zoup CEO Eric Ersher referred
calls to NEXTEP, saying that NEXTEP was recently informed of a security
issue with its point-of-sale devices. Ersher said Zoup runs NEXTEP’s
point-of-sale devices across its entire chain of stores.
In an emailed statement, NEXTEP President Tommy Woycik confirmed Ersher’s
account, but emphasized that the company does not believe all of its
customers are impacted.
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