HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 10, 2024

Filed

Apr 30, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. →

Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. notified consumers of a data security incident detected on March 10, 2024. Unauthorized access occurred between March 7-11, 2024, affecting personal information including names and government identifiers (SSN, driver's license). The company engaged third-party cybersecurity experts and law enforcement, implemented technical safeguards, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Mar 7, 2024

Begins

Mar 10, 2024

Discovered

Apr 30, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 filings 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

Washington State AGbd_d5c83441424d123c2024-04-30Verified
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: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2024 – Mar 11, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 30, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Vermont Attorney General

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
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

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

Washington State AG+29d

Vermont 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-30-panda-restaurant-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
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: 5a1ad9f5928bd8abc7beb9142620e22071396d43cd687889d547d960f99c46a3

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

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov