Coca Cola has reported in a statement that it is investigating what could be a serious security incident that the beverage giant appears to have been a victim of. According to published information, Stormous has claimed the attack.
Coca-Cola has not confirmed that its data was stolen. the company said a is currently collaborating with the security forces and that the investigation into the alleged Stormous attack has not brought any problems to their systems so far.
This same group said in March that it had leaked information from Epic Games and announcing that they were targeting “Western” businesses and governmentsalthough this information about Epic Games is not officially confirmed.
What is known so far is that Stormous is a group of hackers linked to Russia and that these attacks are related to the cyber warfare that accompanies the terrible war in Ukraine after the Russian invasion. This was one of the many companies that decided to leave the Russian market after the invasion, which it did in early March.
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Passwords and financial data for sale
The group claimed to have hacked Coca-Cola and put a lot of data up for sale: 161 gigabytes of financial data, passwords and accounts.
Stormous said he was able to gain access to Coca-Cola equipment and steal the information without the company knowing about it. Coca-Cola said it has launched an urgent investigation and has already contacted the police.
The hack reportedly occurred after the group posted a poll asking which company should I go to. Coca-Cola was the most voted, followed by Mattel (the firm that makes the famous Barbie).
Amount that hackers ask for
What is very confusing in the images leaked by this Russian group is how much they ask for the sale of this stolen data. If you look at the image where they announce the theft and sale of data, the commas make the price confusing. It sounds like he’s saying that getting that valuable information would be over 1.6 million bitcoin or of 64 thousand dollarswhich are two totally different numbers.
There are media that point to the request is 1.65 bitcoin, which makes that 64 thousand dollars. It is a difference from other attacks of the style, which usually ask for astronomical amounts of money.