Panera Notifies Employees of Compromised Data

Panera Bread has begun notifying employees of a March security incident in which unauthorized access to internal files likely exposed employee names, Social Security numbers, and other employment-related data. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm, is offering one year of credit monitoring and identity protection, and has taken additional security measures; some researchers suspect a ransomware attack caused earlier outages to ordering systems, mobile apps, and the loyalty program, but Panera has not confirmed the attack type or the threat actors involved.