The discount general merchandise and pharmacy chain, Fred’s Inc suffered a data breach incident that compromised the credit card details of its customers.
The hackers installed card-stealing malware secretly on point-of-sale systems at its checkout lanes resulting in the breach.
The data was mainly from the midwest and south, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/06/discount-chain-freds-inc-probes-card-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/fred's-inc-
"id": "fre20324422",
"linkid": "fred's-inc-",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2015",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'General Merchandise and Pharmacy',
'location': ['Alabama',
'Arkansas',
'Georgia',
'Indiana',
'Kentucky',
'Louisiana',
'Mississippi',
'Tennessee',
'Texas'],
'name': 'Fred’s Inc',
'type': 'Retail'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malware',
'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Credit Card Details'},
'description': 'Fred’s Inc suffered a data breach incident that compromised '
'the credit card details of its customers. The hackers '
'installed card-stealing malware secretly on point-of-sale '
'systems at its checkout lanes resulting in the breach. The '
'data was mainly from the midwest and south, including '
'Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, '
'Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Credit Card Details',
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'Point-of-Sale Systems'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Point-of-Sale Systems'},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'title': 'Fred’s Inc Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Point-of-Sale Systems'}