MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Panera Bread Company

bd_b99c53d161d8fb93 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 23, 2024

Filed

Jun 13, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

811state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Panera Bread Company →3 incidents on file

Panera, LLC filed a supplemental notice with the Washington AG regarding a ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred between Feb 9 and Mar 23, 2024. The breach affected approx. 811 Washington residents, exposing names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account info, health insurance info, and DOBs. Panera engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Feb 9, 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

Montana State AGbd_1c5d97bc067117c12024-06-13Candidate
California State AGbd_5d1ae7fdc2815c452024-06-13Verified
Indiana State AGbd_879dca8658048d032024-06-13Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8c1b2b55d3b5f8302024-06-13Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 12d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ce9e6e38a5bfbbd52024-06-13Verified
Maine State AGbd_dc1f326e520ca51a2024-06-13Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_7f925c65d0001ce92024-06-14 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_42072bc8d7271f862024-06-01 · +12dVerified

Name: Panera Bread Company
norm: panera bread
Domain: panerabread.com

Name: Panera Bread Company
norm: panera bread
Domain: panerabread.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 9, 2024 – Mar 23, 2024
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 13, 2024
Affected individuals: 811state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: A cybersecurity firm was engaged
Panera also notified law enforcement
Panera began reviewing the files involved
Panera began mailing notification letters via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Panera is offering the Washington residents whose Social Security numbers and/or Driver’s License number were involved a complimentary 12-month membership to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Epiq
Panera has also established a dedicated, toll-free call center to answer questions the individuals may have
Changes made: Panera has taken steps to further enhance existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJun 1 · first

Montana State AG+12d

California State AG+12d

Indiana State AG+12d

New Hampshire State AG+12d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Maine State AG+12d

Washington State AG+12d · this page

South Carolina State AG+13d

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.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA29507.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2024
Raw hash: 1b97ab23aa1b9990a360c0146d70cd484e167c028498af22e70b9ee231a927da

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPanera Bread Company

Victim entityPanera Bread Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 23, 2024

Stated responseA cybersecurity firm was engaged

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com