Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC is the largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola beverages in the United States ans operates 18 bottling facilities.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures suffered a data breach caused by network intrusion that resulted in installing information-stealing malware and extracting data from its IT systems.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC is the largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola beverages in the United States ans operates 18 bottling facilities.
According to the security incident sample notice filed with Montana’s Attorney General office, the company explains that the breach took place on December 23, 2022. But it came to the limelight on January 10,2023, or 18 days later.
"Based on our preliminary investigation, an unknown party accessed [our internal IT systems] on or around December 23, 2022, installed malware, and downloaded certain information contained on the accessed IT systems," reads the notice.
"We took prompt action to contain the incident and secure our systems. While we continue monitoring our systems for unauthorized activity, the last known date of unauthorized IT system access was January 19, 2023."
Based on the results of Pepsi's internal investigation so far, the following information has been impacted:
- Full name
- Home address
- Financial account information (including passwords, PINs, and access numbers)
- State and Federal government-issued ID numbers and driver's license numbers
- ID cards
- Social Security Numbers (SSNs)
- Passport information
- Digital signatures
- Information related to benefits and employment (health insurance claims and medical history)
The company has implemented additional network security measures, reset all company passwords, and informed the law enforcement authorities.
All affected records and systems are still underway, while all affected systems have been suspended from the firm’s regular operations.
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