"Oreo Maker Mondelez Staff Hit by Data Breach at Third-Party Law Firm"

Snack giant Mondelez has recently announced that past and present employees' personal information may now be in the hands of hackers following a data breach at a third-party firm.  Over 50,000 staff members are receiving data breach notifications from the company after a data breach at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, a law firm hired by Mondelez to provide legal advice.  Bryan Cave stated that it detected hackers had compromised its network between February 23 until March 1, 2023, and that personal information had been exposed.  Accessed sensitive data related to current and former Mondelez employees, included social security numbers, first and last names, addresses, dates of birth, marital statuses, genders, employee identification numbers, and Mondelez retirement and/or thrift plan information.  According to Bryan Cave, financial information was not compromised in the data breach.  What isn't clear from the public statements is how the law firm's computer network was breached, just how much data was stolen, and whether the attackers have demanded any ransom.  Mondelez noted that its own computer systems were not compromised.

Bitdefender reports: "Oreo Maker Mondelez Staff Hit by Data Breach at Third-Party Law Firm"