Security News > 2021 > February > Kroger data breach exposes pharmacy and employee data
Supermarket giant Kroger has suffered a data breach after a service used to transfer files securely was hacked, and threat actors stole files.
Yesterday, Kroger disclosed that they were the latest company to be affected by a security vulnerability in the Accellion FTA software that allowed hackers to steal data from companies utilizing the service.
According to a data breach advisory published yesterday, Kroger was informed by Accellion of their breach on January 23rd, 2021, and immediately discontinued the service's use.
The breach did expose human resources data and pharmacy records.
"At this time, based on the information provided by Accellion and our own investigation, Kroger believes the categories of affected data may include certain associates' HR data, certain pharmacy records, and certain money services records."
"Importantly, there was no impact to grocery store data or systems; credit or debit card information; or customer account passwords," Kroger explained in their data breach advisory.
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