MalwareHospitalityHospitalityRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 10, 2024

Filed

Apr 30, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

6,916state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. →

Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. reported a cyberattack affecting corporate systems. Unauthorized access occurred March 7-11, 2024, detected March 10, 2024. The incident involved malware/ransomware, resulting in the exfiltration of personal information including names and government IDs (SSN, driver's license). 6,916 Washington residents were notified. The company engaged forensic specialists and law enforcement, implemented technical safeguards, and offered credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Mar 7, 2024

Begins

Mar 10, 2024

Discovered

Apr 30, 2024

Filed

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_28c67d8711a3fbf32024-04-30Verified
Oregon State AGbd_85d0ceb84fc96f322024-04-30Candidate
Maine State AGbd_c07d2797b8024e122024-04-30Verified
California State AGbd_c2419f61ec499a4e2024-04-30Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 29d gap

Vermont State AGbd_e3f5a9f8a02bb1592024-04-30Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b9fcb1cbec79a1662024-05-01 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3d9a2a98052777942024-04-29 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_035df6399a8806e72024-04-01 · +29dVerified

Name: PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
norm: panda restaurant

Name: PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
norm: panda restaurant
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2024 – Mar 11, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 15, 2024
Affected individuals: 6,916state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthMilitary ID numberPassport numberHealth insurance ID
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: worked with law enforcement who are conducting an active investigation into the unauthorized actor responsible for this incident

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure our environment
Activated remediation and recovery efforts
Launched a thorough investigation in partnership with third-party cybersecurity specialists
Worked with law enforcement
Began remediation and recovery efforts
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession and to help prevent similar events from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 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 AGApr 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Montana State AG+29d

Oregon State AG+29d

Maine State AG+29d

California State AG+29d

Vermont State AG+29d

Washington State AG+29d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last May 1 (MA) — a 30-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/BreachA28967.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2024
Raw hash: 3d59340a64580b9a5f6b52c5678ddf1594a5d1af2ed6f37758458746efd09bd3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

Victim entityPANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure our environment

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com