Wawa's $10.7M Data Breach Dispute with Mastercard All But Over

<p>Wawa, the convenience store chain, has just stumbled in its legal dance
with Mastercard. The $10.7 million lawsuit, charging the <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/terms/p/payments/">payments</a> giant with breach
of contract and other misdeeds following a 2019 data breach, has hit a snag.
The United States District Court of the Southern District of New York just
threw out four of Wawa's five claims against Mastercard "without
prejudice." That means Wawa has until October 23 to refile those claims.
As for the fifth claim, which accused Mastercard of shady business practices,
it’s gone for good.</p><p>The legal tango started with a malware attack on Wawa's credit card
system in 2019, affecting about 34 million payment cards used across all its
stores. <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/search-results/?searchPhrase=Mastercard" target="_blank" rel="follow">Mastercard</a> initially slapped a hefty $17.8 million reimbursement
assessment against Wawa's bank, Bank of America. After some haggling, that
figure was whittled down to the current $10.7 million.</p><blockquote><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mastercard Gets Wawa $10.7M Data Breach Fee Suit Trimmed – Law360 <a href="https://t.co/e1P7NZbzED">https://t.co/e1P7NZbzED</a></p>—