Panera Bread Data Breach Affects 5.1 Million Accounts, Confirms Have I Been Pwned

The data breach at Panera Bread impacted 5.1 million accounts, according to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), confirming a lower figure than the 14 million initially claimed by the ShinyHunters group. The latter had asserted stealing the data after Panera Bread refused to pay a ransom, later releasing a 760 MB archive. No precise date of the incident or additional technical details have been provided. The impact involves the exposure of customer account information.