Dairy Queen Suffers Customer Credit Card Hack; 8 Michigan Locations Affected
WARREN (WWJ/AP) - Ice cream and fast food chain Dairy Queen is the latest retailer to reveal a hack of its customer data.
The company said Thursday that hackers may have gained access to customer names, credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates at 395 stores between August and October.
Affected stores in Michigan include:
- Warren: Dairy Queen/Orange Julius -- 26633 Hoover Road (Hoover Eleven Plaza)
- Hartland: Dairy Queen/Brazier -- 10490 Highland Road
- Lansing: Dairy Queen/Orange Julius -- 3233 West Saginaw Street
- Kentwood: Dairy Queen/Orange Julius -- 3155 28th Street (Woodland Mall)
- Muskegon: Dairy Queen/Orange Julius -- 5600 Harvey Street (The Lakes Mall)
- Gaylord: DQ Grill & Chill Restaurant -- 829 West Main Street
- Sturgis: DQ Grill & Chill Restaurant -- 1100 West Chicago Road
- Norway: DQ Grill & Chill Restaurant -- 413 West U.S. Highway 2
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Dairy Queen representatives said the company has fixed the malware problem, adding that there's no evidence Social Security numbers, card PIN numbers or email addresses were stolen.
The Edina, Minnesota-based company, which is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is offering customers free identity repair services.
International Dairy Queen Inc. has about 4,500 franchised stores in the U.S. It's also the parent of the Orange Julius chain.
Major retailers including Home Depot, Target and Michael's have been the target of cyber attacks in the past year.
We'll be talking about security breaches and other topics at the WWJ Michigan Money Summit, Saturday Oct. 18 at Schoolcraft College. For details, click here.
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