Petco suffered a data breach in 2025 as part of a broader attack campaign targeting Salesforce customer environments. The threat actor, a group calling itself "Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters," released a sample of the stolen data on October 3, 2025, and claimed the full dataset would follow on October 10, 2025. Attackers reportedly used compromised credentials or third-party access paths to export records from multiple Salesforce-hosted environments rather than exploiting a flaw in Salesforce's core platform. The breach affected an estimated 94.4 million records tied to Petco customers. The exposed data includes full names, email addresses, and phone numbers. While financial and address details were not present in the confirmed sample, the combination of name and contact information at this scale creates real risk. Affected individuals may face targeted phishing emails, fraudulent phone calls, and impersonation attempts. The volume of records makes mass automated scam campaigns highly practical for attackers. No regulatory findings or legal actions related to this specific breach have been reported publicly as of the time of writing. Petco has not issued widely reported breach notifications. People who are or have been Petco customers should be alert to unsolicited emails or calls referencing their account or pet-related purchases, as attackers can use that context to make scam attempts appear credible. Changing passwords on any account that shares an email address used with Petco is a reasonable precaution.

Pet retail chains collect customer identity, contact details, addresses, order history, payment-adjacent records, subscription data, and pet-related service or product preferences across commerce operations.

Petco’s recent public posture has centered on operational turnaround, refinancing, and profitability improvement. In early 2026 the company reported fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, highlighted reduced leverage, issued a 2026 outlook, and announced refinancing-related steps and leadership transition news earlier in the quarter.