Case Study: Hunt Brothers Pizza tames account-takeover attacks and saves IT time with Barracuda Email Protection (Barracuda Networks)

Major pizza chain tames wave of account takeover

Hunt Brothers Pizza, a second‑generation, Nashville‑based convenience store food service program with 8,000 locations across 30 states, was being overwhelmed by a rising tide of phishing and account‑takeover attacks. Native Microsoft 365 protections proved insufficient, forcing IT to spend roughly 8–10 hours a week responding to incidents and raising concerns about possible financial fraud, reputational damage, and spreading threats to partners.

They implemented Barracuda Email Protection—highlighting its AI‑driven Phishing and Impersonation Protection—and quickly deployed automated incident response, cloud backup, archiving, security awareness training, and outgoing gateway filtering. The result: a dramatic drop in successful phishing, rapid deletion of malicious messages, easy recovery of deleted files, streamlined e‑discovery, more than eight hours of IT time saved per week, and maintenance‑free, Azure‑compatible services that reduced risk and improved productivity.

Hunt Brothers Pizza

Jon Smallwood

IT Manager