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Payment Card Breach Hits Some Applebee’s Restaurants

March 5, 2018

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RMH Franchise Holdings revealed on Friday that malware had been found on point-of-sale (PoS) systems at the Applebee’s restaurants it operates as a franchise.

RMH disclosed the incident on Friday afternoon, which often indicates an attempt to avoid the news cycle and fly under the radar. The company posted a link to the data breach notice on the homepage of its website, but it did not announce anything on social media.

According to the data breach notice, the incident affects more than 160 restaurants in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming. This represents nearly all the restaurants operated by RMH.

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