Brazil
BRA
Extortion attack forces FAST SHOP to take website and app offline
On 23/06/2022, FAST SHOP confirmed a cyberattack after threat actors hijacked its Twitter account to claim an ongoing extortion targeting its IT and cloud systems. The retailer took its website and app offline as part of incident response before restoring services; physical stores remained open.
55
Estimated severity
55 / 100
90
Source reliability
90 / 100
Approximate Date
23/06/2022
Targeted Company
FAST SHOP
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Brazil
Affected countries
Brazil
Impacted regions
South America · Brazil
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityDownstream customer disruptionOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Retail
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Account takeoverUnauthorized accessExtortion
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
therecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/brazilian-retail-giant-confirms-cyberattack-after-extortion-group-takes-over-twitter-accountbleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fast-shop-brazilian-retailer-discloses-extortion-cyberattackbitdefender.comhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/retail-giant-in-brazil-hit-by-extortion-attack