Comparison Overview

Primark

VS

Woolworths Group

Primark

PO BOX 644, Dublin, County / Dublin postal district, Dublin 1, IE
Last Update: 2025-11-23
Between 800 and 849

Primark is an international fashion retailer employing more than 80,000 colleagues across 17 countries in Europe and the US. Founded in Ireland in 1969 under the Penneys brand, Primark aims to provide affordable choices for everyone, from great quality everyday essentials to stand-out style across women’s, men’s and kids, as well as beauty, homeware and accessories. With a focus on creating great retail experiences, Primark has over 450+ stores globally and continues to expand with the aim of reaching 530 stores by the end of 2026. ­­ Primark is working to make more sustainable fashion affordable for everyone through its Primark Cares strategy, a multi-year programme that focuses on giving clothing a longer life, protecting life on the planet and supporting the livelihoods of the people who make Primark clothes. As part of this, Primark unveiled nine commitments it is working to achieve by 2030. These commitments include making all of its clothes from recycled or more sustainably sourced materials by 2030, halving carbon emissions across its value chain and pursuing a living wage for workers in its supply chain.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 41,528
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Woolworths Group

1 Woolworths Way, Bella Vista, NSW, AU, 2153
Last Update: 2025-11-22

Woolworths Group is one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading retail groups, supporting well-known brands such as Woolworths, Big W and Countdown. Our great team is focused on creating better experiences together, for our customers, our communities, and for each other. People are at the heart of everything we do, which is why a job with us is never just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something special, and an opportunity to grow and make a real difference, to the team you join as well as your own career path. Indeed, it’s our people who have made us one of Australia’s strongest retail groups, by working as one to power innovation and efficiency across our brands. If you’d like to become a member of one of Australia’s most experienced teams, to help us continue to grow, innovate and support our communities, we’d love to hear from you.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 57,596
Subsidiaries: 7
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Primark
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Woolworths Group
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Primark
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Woolworths Group
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Primark in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Woolworths Group in 2025.

Incident History — Primark (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Primark cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Woolworths Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Woolworths Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Primark
Incidents

No Incident

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Woolworths Group
Incidents

Date Detected: 05/2015
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Primark company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Woolworths Group company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Woolworths Group company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Primark company has not reported any.

In the current year, Woolworths Group company and Primark company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Woolworths Group company nor Primark company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Woolworths Group company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Primark company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Woolworths Group company nor Primark company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Primark company nor Woolworths Group company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Primark nor Woolworths Group holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Woolworths Group company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Primark company.

Woolworths Group company employs more people globally than Primark company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Primark nor Woolworths Group holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Primark nor Woolworths Group holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Primark nor Woolworths Group holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Primark nor Woolworths Group holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Primark nor Woolworths Group holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Primark nor Woolworths Group holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H