Security News > 2024 > April > Panera Bread week-long IT outage caused by ransomware attack
2024-04-05 13:52
Panera Bread's recent week-long outage was caused by a ransomware attack, according to people familiar with the matter and emails seen by BleepingComputer.
Panera has not responded to multiple requests for comments about the outage and the attack.
Panera Bread suffered the massive outage on March 22, impacting its internal IT systems, phones, point of sales system, website, and mobile apps.
As of January 23, 2024, the company and its franchises owned 2,160 cafes under the names Panera Bread or Saint Louis Bread Co. These cafes are spread across 48 states in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada.
BleepingComputer has learned they also suffered a ransomware attack leading to the outages.
Panera Bread experiencing nationwide IT outage since Saturday.
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