Albertsons Companies, Inc.
Attack Intelligence
Albertsons Companies, Inc. was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to shinyhunters in October 2025. The organization, operating in the Agriculture and Food Production sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.
shinyhunters operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.
[AI generated] 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.
Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2026-35273, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.