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Panera Bread Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 23, 2024

Filed

Jun 13, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Panera Bread Company3 incidents on file

Panera, LLC notified individuals of a security incident detected on March 23, 2024, involving unauthorized access to internal files. The investigation determined that a file containing names, Social Security numbers, and other employment-related information was accessed. Panera engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of complimentary identity theft protection services. The incident primarily affected employees or former employees.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Mar 23, 2024

Begins

Mar 23, 2024

Discovered

Jun 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 12d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jun 1 (IL), last Jun 14 (SC) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.