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Five Guys Data Breach Puts HR Data Under a Heat Lamp

January 5, 2023

The Five Guys burger empire has been hit with what appears to be a “smash-and-grab” operation: Cyberattackers busted into a file server and made off with the personally identifiable information (PII) of people who applied to work at the chain.

Details are scant, but in a form letter to the impacted sent out on Dec. 29, Five Guys chief operating officer Sam Chamberlain noted that an “unauthorized access to files” was discovered on Sept. 17 and was blocked the same day.

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