Starbucks said the aftermath of a ransomware attack on a software supplier has been affecting its ability to pay baristas and manage their schedules, the company's spokesperson said on Monday. The coffee giant said that an outage at a third-party vendor has disrupted a back-end Starbucks process that enables employee scheduling and time tracking.

Starbucks said fallout from a ransomware attack on a software supplier is disrupting the coffee chain's ability to pay baristas and manage their schedules, leaving cafe managers to manually calculate employees' pay.

Starbucks is addressing payroll and scheduling disruptions caused by a ransomware attack on one of its third-party software vendors, the company said Monday. According to the Wall Street Journal, the issue has forced store managers to manually calculate barista pay as they work to ensure all employees are paid for their hours.