Starbucks HR portal account breach exposes data of 889 US employees
Accounts on Starbucks' HR portal, Partner Central, were compromised through credential-stealing phishing. The incident exposed sensitive personal information of 889 US employees. Starbucks disclosed the breach in March 2026.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Starbucks
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 889 US employees
- Cause / method
- HR portal accounts compromised through credential-stealing phishing
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Starbucks disclosed a breach of employee information.
- The number of affected employees was reported as 889.
- It emerged that US employee information had been leaked through HR portal accounts compromised by phishing.
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