If you're using the Starbucks App to pay for your coffee, now would be the time to take a step back and probably change your passwords. Starbucks Coffee has an app which a users can link to their credit card and pay their bills. Recently, hackers have found a way to exploit a vulnerability in the app to steam money. Starbucks has confirmed a few cases of customers funds being withdrawn from their app since it is linked to a credit card.
Although, Starbucks have assured that no personal data has been exposed but many users are now agitated as they are yet to issue a patch for the exploit. The company has said that users should choose strong passwords so as to not get hacked easily.
You can take a few precautions to avoid such situation. The easiest way is to just pay cash or use your actual credit card instead of the app to pay for your Starbucks bill. Another precaution you can take is unlink your card from your account and change the password of your Starbucks account before re-linking your card again.
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