Biggby Coffee Acknowledges Data Breach
Published at(NEW YORK) — Biggby Coffee announced on Friday that it had become aware of a data breach that may have put customer information at risk.
According to a letter sent from the company to customers, the information that may have been accessed in the breach — such as names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and employment information — came from data given when registering for a BIGGBY Card or when applying for a job. “At this time, we are not aware of any misuse of this information,” the company says.
The letter notes that the information in question was only provided via its website, and not on paper forms. Additionally, it says, less than 20 percent of customer data was accessed.
The breach did not involve cash registers or point of sale systems, Biggby notes.
The breach has been reported to law enforcement and the FBI. Biggby also says it has taken “additional security measures to prevent this type of event from occurring in the future.”
Biggby has more than 100 locations in the U.S.
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