high severity January 09, 2025 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

Rent-2-Own Listed by Medusa Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of Rent-2-Own, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

Rent-2-Own was listed on Medusa's leak site. Medusa claims to have stolen internal data. This is the group's claim, not a confirmed finding.

Rent-2-Own Listed by Medusa Ransomware Group

On January 9, 2025, Rent-2-Own appeared on the Medusa ransomware group’s leak site after the company’s internal files were allegedly exfiltrated during a ransomware attack. The Ohio-based rent-to-own retailer operates 32 stores across Ohio and Kentucky, employs roughly 360 people, and maintains customer records that include personal and financial details for thousands of families who financed furniture, appliances, TVs, and computers.

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What Public Reporting Shows

Public reporting indicates that Medusa posted a sample of stolen data and set an extortion deadline. The exposed materials consist of internal corporate files rather than a single customer database. No exact victim count has been released, but the breach affects anyone who entered into a rental-purchase agreement with Rent-2-Own in recent years. The company’s headquarters sits at 1369 West Ohio Pike, Amelia, Ohio. Available reporting describes the incident as a classic ransomware operation: initial access, data theft, encryption, and subsequent public shaming on a dark-web leak page when payment is not made.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

If you or anyone in your household financed a sofa, laptop, or washer through Rent-2-Own, your name, address, phone number, payment history, and possibly Social Security number or driver’s license details may now sit in a criminal archive. Thousands of ordinary families in two states are potentially exposed. Once this information reaches broader criminal networks, it can fuel identity theft, loan fraud, and targeted scams that hit your bank account or credit report months later. Children listed on family rental agreements are not immune; their information often travels with the parent’s file and can be used to build synthetic identities.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risk

A single breach rarely stays isolated. Criminals link the Rent-2-Own data to your email addresses, usernames, and phone numbers found in earlier leaks. That chain can reveal your children’s gaming accounts, school emails, or family social-media profiles. What begins as a furniture rental record can cascade into full doxxing—where attackers publish your home address, children’s names, and daily routines. Credential leaks like this one frequently lead to account takeovers on gaming platforms, email, and financial apps because people reuse the same passwords across services.

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Attributed to Medusa · 515 incidents tracked →

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed January 09, 2025

Last reviewed August 8, 2026

Affected Unconfirmed

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