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2010 — Starbucks: A laptop was stolen that contained private…

2010 97.0K records affected Share on X

Technical writeup

A laptop was stolen that contained private information on 97,000 employees, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers. Employees tried to sue Starbucks in California winning their case in the appeals court before losing in the higher federal court as they were unable to prove any cognizable harm or injury.

Root cause

Lost / stolen device

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