"Hackers Breach Pepsi Bottling Ventures' Network"

Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV) has recently disclosed a breach of its network that resulted in the theft of employees' sensitive personal and financial information. According to the company, they learned about the breach on January 10. Based on their preliminary investigation, an unknown party accessed some IT systems on or around December 23, 2022, installed malware, and downloaded certain information on the accessed IT systems. PBV confirmed that impacted information includes former and current employees' names, home and email addresses, financial account information, government-issued identification numbers, digital signatures, and information related to benefits and employment, including medical information. According to Ryan McConechy, senior consultant at Barrier Networks, the delay in notifying affected customers left data potentially open to compromise and systems susceptible to reconnaissance. In the letter to potentially impacted employees, Pepsi Bottling Ventures said it is offering them a year of free identity monitoring services through Kroll, which includes credit monitoring, fraud loss management, and identity theft restoration.

Infosecurity reports: "Hackers Breach Pepsi Bottling Ventures' Network"