Data, kept by Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC was illicitly obtained and extracted with the help of info stealer malware.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures is the Pepsi-Cola bottler in the USA, which is in charge of manufacturing, selling and distributing.
The incident happened on the December 23, 2022, however, it was detected much later, on the January 10th 2023.
According to the company officials, on the 23rd of December an unidentified party accessed the company’s infrastructure, installed malware and downloaded some data.
According to the internal investigation, the impacted data contained:
• Name
• Address
• Financial account information (including passwords, PINs, and access numbers)
• Driver's license numbers
• ID cards
• Social Security Number
• Passport details
• Digital signatures and some other details.
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