Identity Thieves Target Nation's Giant Hamburgers

By Bay City News

Anyone from Dixon who used their credit card to dine at Nation's Giant Hamburgers in Vacaville might want to check their credit report.

Nearly 200 people who used their credit cards at a Nation's Giant Hamburgers restaurant in Vacaville have had their identities stolen, police said Wednesday.

Police said the restaurant, located at 100 Browns Valley Parkway, has been identified as the "point of compromise" where credit card numbers were accessed between December and early this month.

The restaurant's credit card machines were somehow compromised, but the problem has been fixed, Sgt. Jeff King said. He would not disclose how the identity thefts occurred.

He said Nation's representatives are cooperating with police in the investigation into the security breach.

Monica Sullivan, human resources manager at Nation's El Cerrito office, said the restaurant learned of the problem Thursday and replaced the computers and server on Friday.

She said none of the restaurant's employees have been questioned. King confirmed that no Nation's workers are suspected in the case. The fraudulent transactions made with the customers' stolen credit card numbers occurred in places including New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico, King said Wednesday morning.

Ten financial institutions have identified their customers as being victims in the case, King said.

King said some of customers may not be aware that their credit cards have been used fraudulently. Anyone who used a credit card at Nation's in Vacaville in the past three months should review their bank statements for irregularities, King said.

Victims should file a report with their local law enforcement agency and notify their banks, King said. Similar scams in which card users' data is captured at ATMs and gas station pumps have been reported in the Bay Area.