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|Company=Panera Bread | |Company=Panera Bread | ||
|StartDate=2017 | |StartDate=2 August 2017 | ||
|EndDate=2018 | |EndDate=2018 | ||
|Status=Resolved | |Status=Resolved | ||
|Type=Security | |Type=Security | ||
|Description=Company ignored security risks for 8 months, affecting 37 million users. | |Description=Company ignored security risks for 8 months, affecting 37 million users. | ||
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Back in 02 August 2017, security researcher Dylan Houlihan notified [[Panera Bread]] of the breach that allowed hackers to access over 37 million customers personal information via its website, however the company wouldn't take any action until 8 month later on 02 April 2018. This would eventually result in a lawsuit 3 days later, however it was eventually dismissed by the plaintiffs on June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ms. |first=Smith |date=3 April 2018 |title=Panera Bread blew off breach report for 8 months, leaked millions of customer records |url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/565050/panera-bread-blew-off-breach-report-for-8-months-leaked-millions-of-customer-records.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618211944/https://www.csoonline.com/article/565050/panera-bread-blew-off-breach-report-for-8-months-leaked-millions-of-customer-records.html |archive-date=18 June 2025 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=CSO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=3 April 2018 |title=For Months, Panera Bread Website Reportedly Exposed Millions Of Customer Records |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/03/599135288/for-months-panera-bread-website-reportedly-exposed-millions-of-customer-records |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717104401/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/03/599135288/for-months-panera-bread-website-reportedly-exposed-millions-of-customer-records |archive-date=17 July 2025 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=NPR}}</ref> | Back in 02 August 2017, security researcher Dylan Houlihan notified [[Panera Bread]] of the breach that allowed hackers to access over 37 million customers personal information via its website, however the company wouldn't take any action until 8 month later on 02 April 2018. This would eventually result in a lawsuit 3 days later, however it was eventually dismissed by the plaintiffs on June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ms. |first=Smith |date=3 April 2018 |title=Panera Bread blew off breach report for 8 months, leaked millions of customer records |url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/565050/panera-bread-blew-off-breach-report-for-8-months-leaked-millions-of-customer-records.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618211944/https://www.csoonline.com/article/565050/panera-bread-blew-off-breach-report-for-8-months-leaked-millions-of-customer-records.html |archive-date=18 June 2025 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=CSO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=3 April 2018 |title=For Months, Panera Bread Website Reportedly Exposed Millions Of Customer Records |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/03/599135288/for-months-panera-bread-website-reportedly-exposed-millions-of-customer-records |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717104401/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/03/599135288/for-months-panera-bread-website-reportedly-exposed-millions-of-customer-records |archive-date=17 July 2025 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=NPR}}</ref> | ||
==Original Contact== | ==Original Contact== | ||
On 02 August 2017, Security Researcher Dylan Houlihan first contacted Panera Bread security director Mike Gustavison of a breach after finding it accidentally through their website, containing customers accounts information that includes full name, home address, email address, food preferences, username, phone number, birthday and last four digits of a debit/credit card in plain text.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Houlihan |first=Dylan |date=3 April 2018 |title=No, Panera Bread Doesn’t Take Security Seriously |url=https://medium.com/@djhoulihan/no-panera-bread-doesnt-take-security-seriously-bf078027f815 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403023125/https://medium.com/@djhoulihan/no-panera-bread-doesnt-take-security-seriously-bf078027f815 |archive-date=3 April 2018 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=Medium}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Brian |date=2 April 2018 |title=Panerabread.com Leaks Millions of Customer Records |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/panerabread-com-leaks-millions-of-customer-records/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402220110/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/panerabread-com-leaks-millions-of-customer-records/ |archive-date=2 April 2018 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=KrebsOnSecurity}}</ref> | On 02 August 2017, Security Researcher Dylan Houlihan first contacted Panera Bread security director Mike Gustavison of a breach after finding it accidentally through their website, containing customers accounts information that includes full name, home address, email address, food preferences, username, phone number, birthday and last four digits of a debit/credit card in plain text.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Houlihan |first=Dylan |date=3 April 2018 |title=No, Panera Bread Doesn’t Take Security Seriously |url=https://medium.com/@djhoulihan/no-panera-bread-doesnt-take-security-seriously-bf078027f815 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403023125/https://medium.com/@djhoulihan/no-panera-bread-doesnt-take-security-seriously-bf078027f815 |archive-date=3 April 2018 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=Medium}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Brian |date=2 April 2018 |title=Panerabread.com Leaks Millions of Customer Records |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/panerabread-com-leaks-millions-of-customer-records/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402220110/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/panerabread-com-leaks-millions-of-customer-records/ |archive-date=2 April 2018 |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=KrebsOnSecurity}}</ref> | ||
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File:Panera Bread hack on website.png|Hacked Website | |||
File:Panera Bread first email.png|First Response | |||
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The next day, the company responded back, perceiving the message as spam and a attempt at a "sales pitch", suggesting a "better approach" due to demanding a PGP key to be "not a good way to start off". Couple hours later, Dylan Houlihan responded by stating he didn't make any attempts at a sales pitch, along with asking to send the vulnerability information via PGP or email. | The next day, the company responded back, perceiving the message as spam and a attempt at a "sales pitch", suggesting a "better approach" due to demanding a PGP key to be "not a good way to start off". Couple hours later, Dylan Houlihan responded by stating he didn't make any attempts at a sales pitch, along with asking to send the vulnerability information via PGP or email. | ||
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File:Panera Bread third email.png|PGP Received | |||
File:Panera Bread second email.png|Second Email | |||
File:Panera Bread fourth email.png|Fourth Email | |||
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8 months later on 02 April 2018, Dylan Houlihan would inform KrebsOnSecurity and Troy Hunt, with Krebs eventually taking on the offer and contacting Panera Bread chief information officers. After contact, Panera Bread website was taken down for about an hour to fix the vulnerability, eventually releasing a statement, stating that the issued has been solved within 2 hours and showcasing their commitment to security.<blockquote>''"Panera takes data security very seriously and this issue is resolved. Following reports of today of a potential problem on our website, we suspended the functionality to repair the issue. Our investigation is continuing, but there is no evidence of payment card information nor a large number of records being access or retrieved."''</blockquote>KrebsonSecurity would respond to this statement soon after on [[X Corp|X]] (formerly Twitter).<blockquote>''"Hey Panera, despite your statements to the contrary, you still haven't fixed this customer info leak. Would you like to revisit the 10k number you just gave to Fox news? <nowiki>https://t.co/AJeiq6Dfd0</nowiki>"''</blockquote>On the same day, KrebsOnSecurity release their report and within 5 minute Panera Bread would release another statement, stating that less than 10,000 were affected by the incidents;<blockquote>''" Our investigation to date indicates that fewer than 10,000 consumers have been potentially affected by this issue, and we are working diligently to finalize our investigation and take the appropriate next steps"''</blockquote>Soon after Panera Bread announcement, it was discovered that the patch wasn't fixed, with KrebsOnSecurity making a post on [[X Corp|X]] (formerly Twitter) refuting the company claims. | 8 months later on 02 April 2018, Dylan Houlihan would inform KrebsOnSecurity and Troy Hunt, with Krebs eventually taking on the offer and contacting Panera Bread chief information officers. After contact, Panera Bread website was taken down for about an hour to fix the vulnerability, eventually releasing a statement, stating that the issued has been solved within 2 hours and showcasing their commitment to security.<blockquote>''"Panera takes data security very seriously and this issue is resolved. Following reports of today of a potential problem on our website, we suspended the functionality to repair the issue. Our investigation is continuing, but there is no evidence of payment card information nor a large number of records being access or retrieved."''</blockquote>KrebsonSecurity would respond to this statement soon after on [[X Corp|X]] (formerly Twitter).<blockquote>''"Hey Panera, despite your statements to the contrary, you still haven't fixed this customer info leak. Would you like to revisit the 10k number you just gave to Fox news? <nowiki>https://t.co/AJeiq6Dfd0</nowiki>"''</blockquote>On the same day, KrebsOnSecurity release their report and within 5 minute Panera Bread would release another statement, stating that less than 10,000 were affected by the incidents;<blockquote>''" Our investigation to date indicates that fewer than 10,000 consumers have been potentially affected by this issue, and we are working diligently to finalize our investigation and take the appropriate next steps"''</blockquote>Soon after Panera Bread announcement, it was discovered that the patch wasn't fixed, with KrebsOnSecurity making a post on [[X Corp|X]] (formerly Twitter) refuting the company claims. | ||
[[File:KrebsOnSecurity link showcase.png|thumb|KrebsOnSecurity Link Showcase]] | [[File:KrebsOnSecurity link showcase.png|thumb|KrebsOnSecurity Link Showcase]] | ||
<blockquote>''"Per my last tweet, Panera issued a statement to Fox News saying the breach only impacted 10,000 customer accounts. Interesting that they had no numbers for me, and yet had this 10k number all ready to go on the same day this was "discovered," eight months after it was reported."'' ''"10k records, eh @panerabread ? Isn't that what you told Fox News right after my story ran? Fixed the issue, have you? How do you explain this? <nowiki>https://t.co/tWgSNv71TA</nowiki>"''</blockquote>It was later discovered that the vulnerability affected another one of Panera Breads applications.<blockquote>''"Hey @panerabread : before making half-baked statements to the press to downplay the size of a breach, perhaps you should make sure the problem doesn't extend to all other parts of your business, like <nowiki>https://t.co/rSpkwc3y1v</nowiki>, etc. Only proper response is to deep six entire site"''</blockquote>After several more tweets made by KrebsOnSecurity, Panera Bread would close their website down again | <blockquote>''"Per my last tweet, Panera issued a statement to Fox News saying the breach only impacted 10,000 customer accounts. Interesting that they had no numbers for me, and yet had this 10k number all ready to go on the same day this was "discovered," eight months after it was reported."'' ''"10k records, eh @panerabread ? Isn't that what you told Fox News right after my story ran? Fixed the issue, have you? How do you explain this? <nowiki>https://t.co/tWgSNv71TA</nowiki>"''</blockquote>It was later discovered that the vulnerability affected another one of Panera Breads applications.<blockquote>''"Hey @panerabread : before making half-baked statements to the press to downplay the size of a breach, perhaps you should make sure the problem doesn't extend to all other parts of your business, like <nowiki>https://t.co/rSpkwc3y1v</nowiki>, etc. Only proper response is to deep six entire site"''</blockquote><!-- this claim about the time might be innacurate and needs checking --> | ||
After several more tweets made by KrebsOnSecurity, Panera Bread would close their website down again for a few hours displaying this message. | |||
[[File:Panera Bread second website takedown notice.png|center|thumb|Website Second Take down notice]] | [[File:Panera Bread second website takedown notice.png|center|thumb|Website Second Take down notice]] | ||
==Lawsuit== | ==Lawsuit== | ||
{{ | On 04 May 2018, plaintiff Alisha Boykin, Kristen Hansen, Tracy Mangano, Amy Dittbenner, Lara Sulelman, and Dusica Perez file a class action lawsuit against Panera for failure to investigate and alert customers of the data breach, claiming "Panera has taken no other efforts since discovering the security breach to inform customers that their Personal Identifying Information was leaked and/or compromised.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaak |first=Erin |date=6 April 2018 |title=Panera Bread Facing Lawsuit Over Potential Security Breach |url=https://www.classaction.org/blog/panera-bread-facing-lawsuit-over-potential-security-breach |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=ClassAction}}</ref> The case was voluntary dismissed without prejudice by the plaintiffs on June 2018 due to lack of affiliation with the data breach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucher |first=Anne |date=7 June 2018 |title=Panera Data Breach Class Action Voluntarily Dismissed by Plaintiffs |url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/panera-data-breach-class-action-voluntarily-dismissed-plaintiffs/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2026 |website=Top Class Action}}</ref> | ||
==Consumer response== | ==Consumer response== | ||
{{Ph-I-ConR}} | {{Ph-I-ConR}} | ||
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[[Category:Panera Bread]] | [[Category:Panera Bread]] | ||
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