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Albertsons Companies, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 11, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Albertsons Companies, Inc. →4 incidents on file

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Shinyhunters on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Agriculture and Food ProductionDiscovered: 2025-10-11

Source: Ransomware.live

Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post

Albertsons Companies, Inc. is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, serving millions of customers each week. The company operates stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia under 20 leading banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, and Jewel-Osco. In addition to its retail operations, Albertsons also has a health and wellness business and a private brand portfolio.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Oct 11, 2025

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2024-04-23

shinyhunters

According to ransomware.live, ShinyHunters is a financially motivated data-theft and extortion group active since 2020, responsible for high-profile breaches including Ticketmaster (via Snowflake) and PowerSchool; by 2025 they launched a RaaS offering called "shinysp1d3r," and in August 2025 French authorities arrested four members.

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