Brazil’s largest clothing department store Lojas Renner was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted its IT infrastructure.
- Lojas Renner suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in the unavailability of some of its official web stores.
- It is unclear if the intruders managed to steal data from the hacked servers.
Brazil’s largest clothing department store Lojas Renner was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted its IT infrastructure.
Renner operates more than 600 stores across three countries under Camicado, Renner, Ashua and Youcom.
According to the TheRecord website, the company first disclosed the incident filing with the Brazilian stock market on Thursday.
The Brazilian news outlets stated that the company was forced to shut down all its physical stores in response to the attack. Lojas Renner denied having closed the stores and noted that the infection only affected its e-store.
The retailer also added that its main databases were not impacted.
“The teams remain mobilised, executing the protection and recovery plan, with all their control and security protocols, and working to re-establish all company operations,” states a statement from the company.
The Brazilian blog TecMundo reports that the attack against Lojas Renner was directed by RansomwareExx operators, which gained access to Renner servers via Tivit, a major Brazilian IT and digital services provider.
However, Tivit denied the report and stated that none of its corporate networks or servers had been breached.
It is unclear if the retailer has endured a data breach, the leak site of the RansomExx gang has yet to comprise the Brazilian group among the list of targeted organisations.
“Information from unofficial sources said Renner paid $20 million in cryptocurrencies as a ransom. Initially, the hacker group would have asked for US$1 billion, but after negotiations, the amount was reduced (to US$20 million ),” reported Cointimes.
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