Panera Bread data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2026 breach of Panera Bread. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Panera Bread data breach exposed 5,112,502 accounts from panerabread.com in January 2026. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 31 Jan 2026, 1 month later. It is the 196th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Panera Bread’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Physical addresses | Used to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Phone numbers | Expect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Panera Bread among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Panera Bread.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.
Looking for the settlement? The Panera data breach settlement is over a different breach, not this one.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 1 month later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Addi, March 2026, 35 million accounts
- McGraw Hill, April 2026, 14 million accounts
- CarGurus, February 2026, 12 million accounts
- Pitney Bowes, April 2026, 8.2 million accounts
- Odido, February 2026, 6.1 million accounts
- ADT, April 2026, 5.5 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Panera Bread”, Have I Been Pwned, added 31 Jan 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- panerabread.com, Panera Bread’s website