Huddle House issued a press release disclosing that some of their franchisee-operated restaurants had experienced a payment card breach. Criminals compromised a third-party point of sale (POS) vendor’s data system and utilized the vendor’s assistance tools to gain remote access and the ability to deploy malware to some Huddle House corporate and franchisee POS systems. Huddle House did not reveal the name of the vendor nor the type of malware. They did disclose, however, that they only became aware of the incident. The chain did not know how many locations may have been impacted or how many customers may have had their card data compromised They also advised that if their customers had used a payment card at any Huddle House locations on or after August 1, 2017, the card information might be at risk.