Starbucks mentioned Monday {that a} ransomware assault on a third-party software program supplier is hindering its capability to trace baristas’ hours and handle their pay. 

The November 21 cyberattack focused supply-chain administration software program maker Blue Yonder, which lets Starbucks workers view and handle their schedules and permits the corporate to account for his or her time at work. 

In keeping with Starbucks, it is one in every of numerous corporations rattled by the assault, which was first reported by the Wall Avenue Journal. 

Starbucks, whose capability to serve prospects has not been affected, is working with Blue Yonder to resolve the matter. Starbucks additionally mentioned it’s taking measures to make sure workers are absolutely compensated for his or her time labored with little interruption. 

Within the meantime, Starbucks managers are following company-issued steerage to navigate the outage manually.

Blue Yonder, an unbiased subsidiary of Panasonic, confirmed that it was hit by a ransomeware assault final week and mentioned it’s working to revive all of its methods. 

“We’ve got applied a number of defensive and forensic protocols,” the corporate mentioned in a press release to CBS Information. 

Blue Yonder did not disclose who was behind the ransomware scheme.