Cyber attacks cited at 80% of reporting restaurants, new report says

A new report from a cybersecurity and compliance company says that 80% of quick service and fast-casual restaurants surveyed experienced at least one “cyber incident” in the last 12 months and 76% had sensitive data leaked. That’s despite 94% of the restaurants leaders expressing confidence in their ability to prevent or detect an attack.

The data was gathered by VikingCloud, which questioned security and IT leaders, along with franchise owners, as they looked into restaurants in the United States and Canada.

The leaked data ranges from payment card information to personal information of customers to internal system credentials and payroll records. The report also found that many of the restaurants did not have consistent systems in place to handle a centralized approach to cybersecurity, and that 78% of those surveyed “delay security patches to avoid disrupting service.” On top of that, more than a third of those questioned “mistook a real cyberattack for a routine technical glitch, meaning many incidents go unrecognized.”

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