Wawa Customers Win Initial Settlement Approval in Data Suit (1)

More than 22 million Wawa Inc. customers were granted preliminary class status Friday in a suit stemming from a data breach that led to the sale of their payment information on the dark web.

Hackers accessed Wawa’s point-of-sale systems and installed malware targeting in-store payment terminals and gas station fuel dispensers in March 2019. Over the next several months, the hackers obtained customer payment card information, which they later offered for purchase online.

Wawa disclosed the data breach in December 2019, and litigation ensued. The court’s case management plan split claims resulting from the data breach into consumer, employee, and ...