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Krispy Kreme Hack Exposed Sensitive Data Of Over 160,000 People

Bitdefender, Friday, June 20th, 2025

Krispy Kreme, the dispenser of delectable doughnuts, has revealed that an astonishingly wide range of personal information belonging to past and present employees, as well as members of their families, was accessed by hackers during a cyber attack last year.

The attack, which was first disclosed in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in December 2024, has now been revealed to have impacted 161,676 individuals.

What is perhaps most alarming, however, is not the number of people who have had their sensitive personal information breached, but rather the type of information that was taken:

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