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Ransomware Group aurora Hits: Jinny Beauty Supply

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Target organization Jinny Beauty Supply Jinny Beauty Supply Retail & E-Commerce

Summary

In the latest cybersecurity news, Jinny Beauty Supply — an organization based in US — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group aurora. This data breach, discovered on 2026-09-07T14:25:08.483784+00:00, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as we continue through 2026.

Incident Report

Attribute Information
Target Organization Jinny Beauty Supply
Threat Group aurora
Summary [distributors] Jinny Beauty Supply is one of the largest Korean-American wholesale beauty distributors in the US, operating 9 distribution centers from Doraville, Georgia to Commerce, California. They serve 7,400+ beauty supply stores and 2,800+ international distributors.

The exposed material includes:

A complete password vault export — 50+ plaintext credentials for PayPal, Braintree, Amazon Seller Central, eBay, Acumatica ERP (production), 12 state tax portals, FedEx, UPS, ShipStation, Microsoft 365, Google Analytics, and internal email.
VMware hypervisor root credentials — vCenter and ESXi root passwords giving complete control over the entire virtual infrastructure.
911 scanned credit card authorization forms — full card numbers, CVV, expiry dates, and cardholder signatures for beauty supply store customers across 26 US states.
Complete employee compensation database — ~260 employees with Korean and English names, departments, salaries, bonuses, and 1099 contractor data spanning 2015–2018.
A 340 MB Shopify database backup — full customer table (names, emails, phones, addresses), product catalog, pricing, and warehouse assignments.
Active Directory domain enumeration — all 239+ user accounts including 17 admin accounts, the complete server topology across 7 geographic sites (50+ servers), and DPAPI-encrypted RDP passwords.
Employee tax documents — W-4 forms (SSN), I-9 forms (SSN + DOB + citizenship), direct deposit forms (bank account and routing numbers).
3.6 GB of SQL Server database backups — e-commerce customer/order/product data spanning November 2019 to March 2020.

Date of Breach 2026-09-07T00:00:00+00:00
Discovery Date 2026-09-07T14:25:08.483784+00:00
Region US
Target Domain Jinny Beauty Supply
Business Sector Retail & E-Commerce

 

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HookPhish does not engage in the exfiltration, downloading, taking, hosting, viewing, reposting, or disclosure of any stolen information. All breach data reported here is sourced from publicly available threat intelligence feeds for awareness purposes only.

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