If you used a credit card at a B & B Theatres location September 1, 2015 and April 7, 2017, that information might have been compromised in a breach that the company is investigating. According to KrebsOnSecurity, the theater chain was notified of a possible breach:

B&B Theatres, a company that owns and operates the 7th-largest theater chain in America, says it is investigating a breach of its credit card systems. The acknowledgment comes just days after KrebsOnSecurity reached out to the company for comment on reports from financial industry sources who said they suspected the cinema chain has been leaking customer credit card data to cyber thieves for the past two years.

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In a written statement forwarded by B&B spokesman Paul Farnsworth, the company said B&B Theatres was made aware of a potential breach by a local banking partner in one of its communities.

“Upon being notified we immediately engaged Trustwave, a third party security firm recommended to B&B by partners at major credit card brands, to work with our internal I.T. resources to contain the breach and mitigate any further potential penetration,” the statement reads. “While some malware was identified on B&B systems that dated back to 2015, the investigation completed by Trustwave did not conclude that customer data was at risk on all B&B systems for the entirety of the breach.”

The statement continued:

“Trustwave’s investigation has since shown the breach to be contained to the satisfaction of our processing partners as well as the major credit card brands. B&B Theatres values the security of our customer’s data and will continue to implement the latest available technologies to keep our networks & systems secure into the future.”

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Unfortunately, credit card data breaches are not new news, with Target, Home Depot, Wendy's, and other high profile companies being affected in recent years. However, this is the first we've heard of a theater chain being affected. If there's good news to all this, so many people have had to replace their credit cards due to other breaches, that the exposure level is limited to those who have visited a breached merchant since the last time they had their card replaced. It's a good reminder to use chip readers whenever possible, and hassle businesses that aren't using them yet, and then check your credit card statements each month to make sure that all the charges there are valid.

B & B Theatres operates 50 locations around the country, spanning seven states. We've tagged all of their open locations, as well as two in Arizona that are either closed or have changed ownership recently.

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