Cybersecurity incident — 2020-11-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Cencosud
Affected country: Chile
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Egregor
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Chilean retail giant Cencosud is attacked by the Egregor ransomware. It is unclear if data has been stolen, but printers in numerous retail outlets began printing out ransom notes as devices were encrypted.