News reports claiming that cyber criminals have hacked the coffee chain’s payments app were alleged by the coffee chain as “false”. It was reported that thieves used the data from customers’ different accounts such as passwords and usernames in order to steal money from them. Starbucks contradicted these reports during a statement on Wednesday stating that no hacks have taken place and that the company values its customers’ security seriously. Moreover, Starbucks has advised customers to use different passwords for different accounts so as to prevent security threats. To read more about this story, check out Fortune.
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