P.F. Chang's confirms breach in credit card data

Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY 8:24 a.m. EDT June 13, 2014

P.F. Chang's China Bistro said Friday morning that there has been a breach involving data from customers' credit and debit cards used at its restaurants, confirming a report out earlier this week.

After learning of the breach Tuesday, the company "initiated an investigation with the United States Secret Service and a team of third-party forensics experts to understand the nature and scope of the incident, and while the investigation is still ongoing, we have concluded that data has been compromised," P.F. Chang's CEO Rick Federico said in a statement.

He said the company has created a website, pfchangs.com/security, for customers to receive updates and answers to their questions, and it has moved to a manual credit card imprinting system.

Federico said the company is encouraging its patrons "to be vigilant about checking their credit card and bank statements. Any suspected fraudulent activity should be immediately reported to their card company. We sincerely regret the inconvenience and concern this may cause for our guests."

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