Fraudsters Drain Starbucks Accounts

From Data Breach Today:


Fraudsters Drain Starbucks Accounts


When it comes to getting a coffee fix, beware automatic refills.


That's one takeaway from warnings that fraudsters have been successfully exploiting some U.S. and Canadian consumers who use a Starbucks card or the Starbucks mobile payments app to successfully drain hundreds of dollars from their Starbucks accounts. That abuse appears to be enabled, in part, by users who have chosen weak passwords for their accounts, and who also have enabled the auto-refill feature that allows a linked credit card to automatically add funds to their Starbucks account when the balance drops below a preset level.