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Two million credit and debit card numbers were being sold online following a data breach affecting Earl Enterprises, the parent company of Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo and other brands such as Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood.

According to a report by KrebsOnSecurity, specifics on how many customers may have been impacted by the 10-month long breach remain unknown. It appears that virtually all Buca di Beppo locations in the U.S. and a few of the Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood locations were impacted, along with a handful of Earl Enterprises' lesser-known brands.

NAFCU continues to flag data security breaches as a serious problem for both consumers and businesses, and to advocate for the establishment of national safeguards and standards to protect credit unions and their members. The association believes that all entities – not just financial institutions – that handle consumer information must comply with comprehensive federal data protection standards.

Last week, NAFCU Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler shared with lawmakers NAFCU's guiding principles to help define key issues credit unions would like to see addressed in any comprehensive data security legislation.

NAFCU has long been active with lawmakers on this issue, and was the first group after the massive 2013 Target data breach to call for a legislative solution to reform the nation's data security system.