Starbucks: Sale of coffee or your data?

With countless Professional Writing assignment deadlines around the corner, are you one of those diligent students who visits Starbucks to complete your work?

If so, beware. While Starbucks sold you drinks, your personal data was sold.

Just last week, Starbucks suffered from a data breach. Over 300,000 members of its rewards membership program were affected as private information including name, mobile number, date of birth, and residential address got undetectably compromised.

One copy of the database containing users’ data has already been sold at $3,500, with another four copies being listed on offer.

The team has been fully cooperating with the authorities in the investigation and has implemented additional measures to protect customer information.

Meanwhile, Starbucks members should reset their rewards membership passwords and remain vigilant. As scammers are increasingly convincing, all members, and readers, must scrutinize any correspondence received from strangers or organizations.

Alternatively, you should’ve just finished your work at home.