{"id":4049,"date":"2024-06-14T13:43:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T18:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/cyberattacks-data-breaches\/panera-notifies-employees-of-compromised-data"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T18:43:41","slug":"panera-notifies-employees-of-compromised-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/panera-notifies-employees-of-compromised-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Panera Notifies Employees of Compromised Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt6d90778a997de1cd\/bltb49f4d2c0b547454\/666c76a261e23cb08397323c\/panera_B._Leighty_Photri_Images_alamy.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/panera-notifies-employees-of-compromised-data.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/panera-notifies-employees-of-compromised-data.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Panera Bread, the US fast-casual food chain, has begun notifying its employees of a data breach, after a &#8220;security incident&#8221; in March led to threat actors stealing employees&#8217; personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">In <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/system\/files\/Panera_CA%20App%20%26%20Sample_0.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">breach notification letters<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> filed with the Office of California&#8217;s Attorney General, Panera informs affected individuals that a cybersecurity firm was brought in to investigate the unauthorized access to internal files and, after the files were reviewed, determined that they contained names and Social Security numbers. Not only that, but additional information connected to the individuals&#8217; employment could have also been in the files.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Panera said that while there is no indication that &#8220;information has been accessed and been made publicly available,&#8221; it is offering a one-year membership to CyEx&#8217;s credit monitoring, identity detection, and resolution of identity theft service. It also notes that it has taken additional steps to enhance its security safety measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Though Panera has failed to provide more detail as to what kind of breach occurred and who the threat actors are, some researchers have raised suspicions that the company was hit by a ransomware attack that caused the <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/cybersecurity-operations\/panera-bread-outage-leads-to-frustrated-customers\" rel=\"noopener\">initial outage in its ordering system,<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> mobile apps, and loyalty program in March.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">The company urges individuals to be vigilant of attempted fraud or identity theft and to review account statements often.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/cyberattacks-data-breaches\/panera-notifies-employees-of-compromised-data\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panera Bread, the US fast-casual food chain, has begun 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