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Dairy Queen stores hacked by ‘Backoff’ malware, payment card data stolen

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Dairy Queen said Thursday the “Backoff” point-of-sale malware infected systems at 395 of its stores, stealing payment card data.The company, which has 4,500 independently owned franchises in the U.S., said in astatement it believes the “malware has been contained.” Most of the stores, including one Orange Julius location, were affected for between three weeks to a month starting in early August, according to a list.