ShopRite

Shoprite Holdings, Africa's largest supermarket chain was hit by a ransomware attack that compromised the personal information of its customers in Eswatini, Namibia, and Zambia.

The ransomware gang known as RansomHouse took responsibility for the attack and posted an evidence sample of 600GB of data stolen during the attack.

However, the retailer group took additional security measures to protect against further data loss and implemented authentication processes and fraud prevention and detection strategies to protect customer data.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/extortion-gang-ransoms-shoprite-largest-supermarket-chain-in-africa/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/shop-rite

"id": "sho134821622",
"linkid": "shop-rite",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "06/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Supermarket',
                        'location': ['Eswatini', 'Namibia', 'Zambia'],
                        'name': 'Shoprite Holdings',
                        'type': 'Retail'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': '600GB of data stolen',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal information'},
 'description': "Shoprite Holdings, Africa's largest supermarket chain, was "
                'hit by a ransomware attack that compromised the personal '
                'information of its customers in Eswatini, Namibia, and '
                'Zambia.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal information of customers'},
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': '600GB of data stolen'},
 'response': {'containment_measures': 'Additional security measures to protect '
                                      'against further data loss',
              'remediation_measures': ['Authentication processes',
                                       'Fraud prevention and detection '
                                       'strategies']},
 'threat_actor': 'RansomHouse',
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Shoprite Holdings',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}