> What is possessing Sonic to keep the number They don't. From the article: "Malicious hackers typically steal credit card data from organizations that accept

> What is possessing Sonic to keep the number They don't. From the article: "Malicious hackers typically steal credit card data from organizations that accept cards by hacking into point-of-sale systems remotely and seeding those systems with malicious software that can copy account data stored on a card’s magnetic stripe. Thieves can use that data to clone the cards and then use the counterfeits to buy high-priced merchandise from electronics stores and big box retailers." "The last known major card breach involving a large nationwide fast-food chain impacted more than a thousand Wendy’s locations and persisted for almost nine months after it was first disclosed here. The Wendy’s breach was extremely costly for card-issuing banks and credit unions, which were forced to continuously re-issue customer cards that kept getting re-compromised every time their customers went back to eat at another Wendy’s." That provides an interesting lesson for vendors doing CC transactions: card compromise does not impact repeat business, so don't worry about breaches.