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Edcon

edcon.co.za
Group Thegentlemen
Discovered 2026-09-30 03:40 UTC
Est. attack date 2026-09-29
Country ZA
Sector
Agriculture and Food Production Education Energy & Utilities Financial Services Government & Defense Healthcare Hospitality Manufacturing Other Professional Services Retail & E-Commerce Technology Transportation

Description:

edcon.co.za zoominfo.com/c/edcon/36900910 Edcon (roots from 1929, Johannesburg) was South Africa's largest non-food retailer — owner of iconic chains Edgars, Jet, CNA and Boardmans, with ~1,200 stores across Southern Africa, ~19,000 staff, revenue of R25+ billion and four million private-label credit cards. It was crippled by Bain Capital's 2007 leveraged buyout (~R25 billion), losing market share to discounters before COVID-19 lockdown wiped out R2 billion in sales and forced business rescue in April 2020. The group was then broken up: Jet was sold to The Foschini Group (~R480m), Edgars to Retailability (~R350m, 5,200 jobs saved), CNA and credit books to other buyers. The Edcon holding company itself no longer trades — edcon.co.za is now a business-rescue notice board where practitioners Marsden and Schapiro distribute sale proceeds to creditors (payments started September 2024, proceedings still open as of 2025).
Infostealer activity detected by HudsonRock

Compromised Employees: 5

Compromised Users: 24

Third Party Employee Credentials: 13

External Attack Surface: 15

Exposure Report
by ParanoidLab
8271
Passwords
311 critical
3
Cookies
0 critical
Last queried 2026-09-30 03:40 UTC

DNS Records:

The following DNS records were found for the victim's domain.

WHOIS Emails
  • No emails found.
MX Records
  • edcon-co-za.mail.protection.outlook.com. Microsoft 365
  • edcon.co.za.
TXT Records
  • v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all
Cloud / SaaS Services Detected
No well-known cloud or SaaS service detected.

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