Costa Coffee applicant data exposed in mega breach

Details of Costa Coffee and Premier Inn job applicants have been exposed following a mega data breach affecting their online recruitment system.

Whitbread - the firm that owns Costa Coffee, Premier Inn and Beefeater - was affected by a breach to its recruitment provider, Australia’s PageUp.

Whitbread said on Monday that “there is a possibility” that any data submitted in the course of recruitment “may have been accessed and could potentially (in combination with other information) be used for identity theft”.

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