International ID-theft ring at Ruby's Diner?
Welcome to Ruby's Diner, the "premier 1940's family restaurant" known for its award-winning burgers, fountain drinks ... and, apparently, international identify theft.
International ID-theft ring at Ruby's Diner?
Welcome to Ruby's Diner, the "premier 1940's family restaurant" known for its award-winning burgers, fountain drinks ... and, apparently, international identify theft.
State police say someone (don't know who yet) installed malware on the computer system at the Ruby's in Concord Township, Delaware County, providing thieves with access to customers' credit and debit card information. The info was stolen to "generate fraudulent credit cards which were in turn used throughout the United States and internationally to purchase items by additional people," according to investigators.
And you just asked for black coffee and a slice of pie ...
The scam might have been going on since early last December, but cops say it doesn't appear that Ruby's employees were responsible. What?!? I had this pegged as an inside job. Cue the Twin Peaks theme song. I need to make some calls.
It could have been installed by the company that services the registers. Most times the management, let alone the employees, have no idea what is being installed at the time of service. This is the first suspect, because the thieves are in and out and nobody knows they were there. Still, the diner deserves to be held liable for not doing it's due dilligence in making sure that there was anti-malware/virus program regularly run on the machine. Time consuming, yes. Cheaper than a lawsuit and loss of credibility, yes again.— mattbagley- Ruby's makes a nice milkshake.— joedavola
Comment removed.- I went there to eat twice, after the last time I had to replace my credit card. Now I know why... looks like I won't be eating there anymore.— KingHoser
My wife ate there a couple of months ago and her CC number was stolen. The thieves charge less on it than she did so I never bothered to report it.- Mel's Diner over Ruby's any day of the week.
I loved Twin Peaks- How many more places have this malware? I doubt someone wrote this program to install at just one place.— towman
- towman, the answer is quite a few and there are several types of malware that can perform this task. Since the computers usually have a comm device of some sort that's enables and constantly active, it's easy to install even if you're not on-site. The lack of security shown by most restaurants is why I don't recommend that anyone use a CC at one. FWIW: I've been in infosec for close to 20 years, and this is probably the 30th case I've seen this year where the computers of a restaurant were infected.— Yoda117
- Cash is king!— SmercIsAConman
