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Hundreds of dollars being stolen from Starbucks app users – weak/duplicated passwords blamed

May 14, 2015 Harneet Pasricha
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9 to 5 Mac is reporting that

One user lost $550 in a matter of minutes, his account auto-reloaded each time it was emptied by a hacker sending a series of $50 gift cards. Other users have also reported three-figure losses within a matter of seconds or minutes …

Time to change your passwords, people!

Source: Hundreds of dollars being stolen from Starbucks app users – weak/duplicated passwords blamed | 9to5Mac

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