Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV) has revealed a network breach that resulted in the theft of confidential employee personal and financial information.
The Company reserves the right to use emails sent to consumers (and news filed with the Montana Attorney General on Feb. 10).
According to the documents, the company learned of the breach on January 10 and discovered the unauthorized access, linking it to the deployment of information-stealing malware last December.
“Based on our preliminary research, on or around December 23, 2022, an unknown party accessed these systems, installed malware, and downloaded certain information contained on the IT systems they accessed. I did,” the letter said.
According to Ryan McConechy, senior consultant at barrier network, The delay in notifying affected customers meant that their data could be compromised, making their systems vulnerable to reconnaissance.
“The biggest concern in this case is the long time difference. […] Between the cyberattack that’s happening and Pepsi Bottling Ventures that identified it,” McConechy said. Information security on mail. “This essentially means that the criminal had access to the data for nearly three weeks without anyone knowing it had been compromised.”
PBV states that the information affected includes benefits and employment, including former and current employee names, home and email addresses, financial account information, government-issued identification numbers, digital signatures, and medical information. I have verified that it contains information related to
“Individuals or organizations affected by this incident should be vigilant against attack vectors such as identity theft and financial fraud, and should take advantage of free credit monitoring services to protect themselves from malicious activity. There is,” he warned. high ground CEO Mark Lamb.
In a letter to potentially affected employees, Pepsi Bottling Ventures said it would offer one year of free identity monitoring services through Kroll.
PBV letter arrives a few weeks after Five Guys Disclosed similar violations It also affected employee data.
