Hackers uses Starbucks gift cards to steal money

The Starbucks app links to a credit card so that the user can prepay for goods and purchase Starbucks gift cards for www.avg.com/activation  friends and avg.com/retail     family to spend in store.Reports indicate that the gift cards avg.com/retail     are fundamental to the attacks.After gaining access to the victim’s Starbucks account, attackers create a new gift card for the entire Install Avg With License Number activation balance of the account and  avg.com/retail    issue it to themselves. The problem is then compounded  as the Starbucks app automatically tops up the user’s balance when it gets low. This means that the www.avg.com/activate attacker can then strike again.Within a few minutes, attackers could potentially siphon hundreds of dollars avg.com/activation through gift cards without even needing the victim’s credit card details.

In a recent blog post, Starbucks recently defended the security of their app and said that “News reports that the Starbucks mobile app has been avg.com/activation hacked are false.”Instead, they say that  www.avg.com/activate it is reusing www.avg.com/activation  login details avg.com/retail     from other sites that is putting Install Avg With License Number activation customers at risk:

Occasionally, Starbucks receives reports from customers of unauthorized activity on their online account. This is primarily caused when criminals obtain reused names and passwords from other sites and attempt to  avg.com/retail     apply that information to Starbucks. To protect their security, customersavg.com/activation are encouraged to use different user names and passwords for different sites, especially those that Install Avg With License Number activationkeep www.avg.com/activation  financial information.

 

This Install Avg With License Number activation isn't the first time that the Starbucks app has come under fire, after last year it emerged that it stores users'  avg.com/retail     passwords www.avg.com/activation  on the device in plain text avg.com/activation.

 

How to help protect yourself from attacks such as these:

Pick a strong, unique password

It goes without saying that this attack www.avg.com/activate would not be possible if  avg.com/activation hackers were shut out of Starbucks accounts. Therefore, keeping a strong and unique password www.avg.com/activation  (one that is not used on any other site) is one of  avg.com/retail     the most important things you can do to help protect yourself from an attack like this Install Avg With License Number activation. For Install Avg With License Number activation help creating a strong password, check out this simple guide.

 

Turn off or limit auto-top up

One of the things that www.avg.com/activate makes avg.com/activation this attack so dangerous is the Install Avg With License Number activation fact that the damage  can escalate rapidly thanks to the auto top-up avg.com/retail     functionality used by the www.avg.com/activation  Starbucks app (and many others like it).

While automatically www.avg.com/activate replenishing your account balance can be an incredibly Install Avg With License Number activation convenient thing, if you are concerned about attacks avg.com/retail     like these, disable or set a deposit limit on your www.avg.com/activation  auto top-up avg.com/activation.

 

Regularly check your accounts

Just like with Install Avg With License Number activation online banking fraud, one of the best ways to protect yourself or recover from attacks such as this is to stay vigilan avg.com/activation. Regularly check your bank statements and online account histories for suspicious activity avg.com/retail     and do not hesitate to get in touch www.avg.com/activate with your www.avg.com/activation  bank or retailer should something unexpected appear.

For Starbucks users, if you see any avg.com/activation suspicious activity Install Avg With License Number activation on your Starbucks Card or mobile app www.avg.com/activation , please immediately notify Starbucks www.avg.com/activate customer  avg.com/retail     service at 1-800-STARBUC.

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