Summary
On October 7, 2025, the ransomware group Blacknevas claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against
T. Choithram And Sons, LLC (choithrams.com), a leading grocery retail chain in the UAE. The group has reportedly compromised sensitive data including SQL and SAP records, and is threatening to leak further data if their demands are not met.
Incident Report
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Target | T. Choithram And Sons, LLC |
| Domain | choithrams.com / choithramsgcc.com |
| Country | UAE |
| Attacking Group | Blacknevas |
| Date Reported | October 7, 2025 |
| Threat Actor Statement | “Choithrams is a prominent grocery retail chain and distributor in the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman, established in 1974. The company offers a wide range of over 500 quality products, including tea, spices, nuts, and grains, all meeting HACCP certification for food safety. Known for its vast logistics and distribution network, Choithrams collaborates with hundreds of major FMCG brands, servicing a majority of food outlets in the region. Their commitment to trust, innovation, and sustainability has positioned them as a partner of choice in the grocery sector.As a bonus, we offer scanned documents of all key employees of the company’s IT department:https://gofile.io/d/QwY56BA large volume of SQL and SAP data is also available. Passports for nearly all employees are available. We will also provide access to the corporate network and assign an IT department employee who will be forced to cooperate due to the existence of highly compromising information against them.write to us for information:Qualitydatarecovery@mail.com” |
Recommended Security Actions
Ransomware attacks are increasingly targeting both enterprise and mid-sized organizations across all sectors. The following steps are critical to reduce impact and prevent future incidents:
- Monitor continuously: Use DeXpose’s dark web and infostealer monitoring platform to detect breached credentials, leaked databases, and threat actor chatter in near real-time—before damage spreads internally.
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- Validate your backups: Ensure that your backups are current, encrypted, and stored offline. Utilize immutable backup solutions to defend against ransomware encryption and deletion attempts.
- Apply threat intelligence: Integrate external threat feeds, including DeXpose-provided indicators of compromise (IOCs), into your SIEM or XDR platforms for real-time alerting and correlation.
- Harden employee defenses: Run phishing simulations and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all access points. Attackers often exploit weak or reused credentials sourced from the dark web.
- Engage professional response teams: Involve cybersecurity incident response experts, threat analysts, and legal counsel before initiating any dialogue with ransomware groups or ransom brokers.
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Disclaimer
DeXpose does not engage in the exfiltration, hosting, redistribution, or purchase of stolen data. All breach information reported here is collected from publicly accessible dark web sources and threat intelligence platforms.
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