Iowa Grocery Chain Investigating Possible Hack of Payment Processing Systems

By Kevin Townsend on August 16, 2019

A West Des Moines, Iowa-based grocery chain that also operates restaurants, fuel-pumps and drive-thru coffee shops is warning its customers about a security incident involving some of its payment card systems.

In a notice posted to its website on August 14, 2019, Hy-Vee warned that it had detected unauthorized activity on some of its payment processing systems. It believes that actions since taken has stopped this activity.

The problem is focused on the restaurants, fuel-pumps and drive-thru coffee shops. Payment systems in its grocery stores, drugstores and convenience stores use point-to-point encryption systems are not believed to be involved.

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