Rite Aid Breach Alert Impacts Millions
Our security teams have recently discovered large data set(s) of compromised cyber elements on the Dark Web from the Rite Aid ransomware attack. Rite Aid, a Pennsylvania-based pharmacy and online store, is the third-largest pharmacy chain in the United States. The company’s security incident notice reported that “in early June 2024, an unknown third party impersonated a company employee to compromise their business credentials and gain access to certain business systems.”
The attackers are linked to RansomHub, a ransomware group that has made plenty of news in the past. Rite Aid detected the cybersecurity event within 12 hours and sent a notice of the data breach to its customers stating that any purchases made from June 6, 2017 to July 30, 2018 could be compromised.
The breach size is over 12 million. Data exposed includes names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers or other government-issued IDs and Rite Aid rewards numbers. The company reported confirmed that no social security numbers, financial information or patient information was impacted by the incident. READ MORE
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