Texas-based restaurant chain reports data breach
HOUSTON (AP) — The Landry's Inc. restaurant chain has reported a customer data breach with unauthorized charges at some of its more than 500 properties.
Houston-based Landry's on Thursday said it has tightened security with an enhanced payment system to better encrypt card data.
The company did not immediately say how many restaurants were affected or when or where the data breaches took place. Landry's says the company received reports of unauthorized charges on certain payment cards that were legitimately used at eateries.
Landry's advises customers who used the company's payment system to monitor their card accounts.
Landry's has more than 40 brands, including:
Aquarium Restaurant
Babin's Seafood House
Big Fish Seafood Bistro
The Boathouse
Brenner's Steakhouse
Brenner's on the Bayou
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
Cadillac Bar
Charley's Crab
Chart House
Claim Jumper
The Crab House
Fish Tales
Fisherman's Wharf Seafood Grill
The Flying Dutchman Restaurant & Oyster Bar
Gandy Dancer
Grand Concourse
Grotto
Harlow's Food & Fun
La Griglia
Landry's Seafood
Mai Tai Bar
Mastro's Restaurants
McCormick & Schmick's
Meriwether's
Morton's The Steakhouse
The Oceanaire Seafood Room
Peohe's
Rainforest Cafe
Red Sushi
River Crab
Rusty Pelican
Saltgrass Steak House
Simms Steakhouse
T-Rex Cafe
Trevi
Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse
Willie G's Seafood & Steaks
Yak & Yeti