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Starbucks discloses data breach affecting hundreds of employees

Starbucks has disclosed a data breach affecting hundreds of employees after threat actors gained access to their Starbucks Partner Central accounts. As the world's largest coffeehouse chain, Starbucks has over 380,000 employees (also known as partners) and operates nearly 41,000 locations across 88 countries. In data breach notification letters filed with Maine's Attorney General and sent to affected employees on Tuesday, the company says that it discovered the incident on February 6. A joint investigation with external cybersecurity experts found that the attackers compromised 889 Starbucks Partner Central accounts used to manage employment details, personal information, benefits, and HR information. Starbucks said the threat actors had access to affected individuals' accounts between…

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