Wawa pays $8M to Florida, other states over 2019 data breach


Wawa has agreed to pay $8 million to several states that sued the convenience store chain over its December 2019 data breach that compromised approximately 34 million payment cards.

Florida will receive more than $1.1 million in the settlement announced Tuesday, according to Attorney General Ashley Moody, who was among a coalition of attorneys general investigating the breach.

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. were also involved in the suit. Delaware’s…

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