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{{CompanyCargo | {{CompanyCargo | ||
|Founded=1965 | |Founded=16 June 1965 | ||
|Industry=Gas, Retail | |Industry=Gas, Retail | ||
|Logo=Kwik Trip | |Logo=Kwik Trip logo.png | ||
|Type=Private | |Type=Private | ||
|Website=https://www.kwiktrip.com/ | |Website=https://www.kwiktrip.com/ | ||
|Description=company about gas and food sales | |Description=company about gas and food sales | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Consumer | Founded on 16 June 1965 by John Hansen and Don Zietlow,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kress |first=Melissa |title=Wisconsin Celebrates 60 Years of Kwik Trip |url=https://csnews.com/wisconsin-celebrates-60-years-kwik-trip |website=Convenience Store News |date=17 Jun 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250714224119/https://csnews.com/wisconsin-celebrates-60-years-kwik-trip |archive-date=14 Jul 2025}}</ref> '''{{Wplink|Kwik Trip|Kwik Trip, Inc.}}''' (also known as '''Kwik Star''') is a family-owned business primarily serving gas, food, bakery items, and a variety of beverages. It is a member of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce Foundation. | ||
==Consumer impact summary== | |||
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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
{{ | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
===Kwik Trip cybersecurity incident (''2023'')=== | |||
On 9 October 2023, Kwik Trip was hacked that resulted in their website and Kwik Trip Rewards app being non-operational for two weeks, which also caused company-wide shortages of milk and bread.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Kwik Trip confirms system outage as cyberattack |url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/kwik-trip-confirms-system-outage-as-cyberattack |website=WTMJ-TV Milwaukee |date=19 Oct 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250806190516/https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/kwik-trip-confirms-system-outage-as-cyberattack |archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref> The company initially responded saying it was a cybersecurity incident via a post and sent a letter to all possibly infected customers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Joe |title=Cybersecurity incident disrupted Kwik Trip’s system. It’s not the only employer to face cyberattacks recently |url=https://www.wpr.org/economy/cybersecurity-incident-disrupted-kwik-trips-system-its-not-only-employer-face-cyberattacks-recently |website=Wisconsin Public Radio |date=20 Oct 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250709172015/https://www.wpr.org/economy/cybersecurity-incident-disrupted-kwik-trips-system-its-not-only-employer-face-cyberattacks-recently |archive-date=9 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Kwik Trip |url=https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA27308.pdf |website=agportal-s3bucket.s3 |date= |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002205553/https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA27308.pdf |archive-date=2 Oct 2025 |format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=WMTV News |title=Kwik Trip confirms Cybersecurity Incident |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRzxeHOCU7c |website=[[YouTube]] |date=23 Oct 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=eRzxeHOCU7c |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> | |||
<blockquote>"Although a thorough investigation is ongoing and further information may be uncovered, current findings indicate that we experienced a cybersecurity incident that caused disruption to systems located on our internal network on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The incident was detected within hours and mitigation efforts began immediately with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kress |first=Melissa |title=Kwik Trip Findings Point to Cybersecurity Incident in Systems Outage |url=https://csnews.com/kwik-trip-findings-point-cybersecurity-incident-systems-outage |website=Convenience Store News |date=20 Oct 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241008035217/https://csnews.com/kwik-trip-findings-point-cybersecurity-incident-systems-outage |archive-date=8 Oct 2024}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
Although the company said no financial information was stolen, it wasn't disclosed who the original perpetrators were nor how many customers were affected. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[7-Eleven]] | |||
*[[QuikTrip]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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