NEW YORK—JPMorgan Chase Bank is suing Landry's for $20 million in costs related to a 2015 credit card data breach affecting several of the Houston-based hospitality company's restaurants and entertainment venues.
Chase and its credit card payment processor Paymentech have filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit in federal court in Houston, claiming Landry's failed to comply with credit card data security standards and is refusing to reimburse the Ohio-based financial institutions for assessments imposed by Visa and Mastercard in the wake of the data breach, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Hackers in 2014 and 2015 compromised point-of-sale systems at more than 40 Landry's properties, including Bubba Gump, McCormick & Schmick's, Rainforest Cafe and Saltgrass restaurants.