# Sears/Grupo Sanborns hit by spacebears ransomware

Published: 2026-08-15 · Severity: elevated · Sectors: retail
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/6f3b94ae-cda2-5c2d-8ddf-82525dc52dae/sears-grupo-sanborns-hit-by-spacebears-ransomware

> Sears and Grupo Sanborns compromised; ransomware gang spacebears claims exfiltration of employee credentials and data.

Ransomware.live reports that Sears (operating under Grupo Sanborns) has been compromised by the spacebears ransomware gang. The incident involved compromise of at least 3 employees with access to 25,152 user accounts, 51 third-party employee credentials, and an external attack surface of 101 records. Spacebears has published what it claims is evidence of data exfiltration from the victim's network. This follows the typical pattern of ransomware-as-a-service operations combining data theft with encryption demands. The threat actors leveraged stolen credentials and third-party access to penetrate the enterprise environment.

## Mentioned in this report

- Threat actors: Space Bears
- Malware: SpaceBears

Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/U0VBUlMgKEdydXBvIFNhbmJvcm5zKUBzcGFjZWJlYXJz

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