The Anubis ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Fairlife, Coca-Cola’s dairy unit, and threatened to release stolen data.
On Monday (20 July), the gang reportedly listed Fairlife on its dark web leak site.
Several media reports including Reuters said the hacker group’s claims to have stolen one terabyte of data from Fairlife.
The news outlet said the hacking group has threatened to release the information unless a ransom is handed over.
Just Food has reached out to The Coca-Cola Company for a response.
The drinks giant first disclosed the security incident on 16 July.
It reported “unauthorised access” by a third party in sections of its network, including systems linked to production.
The breach resulted in the temporary suspension of Fairlife’s US operations, though Canadian facilities remained unaffected.
“The full scope, nature and impacts of the incident are not yet known,” the US drinks giant said last week.
According to a report from IT and technology news outlet BleepingComputer Anubis’s statement on its data leak site said: “We attacked their systems a week ago. Just a few days later, they immediately reported the incident without attempting to follow the instructions we left on their network.
“We have fully encrypted their Nutanix systems. They have no chance of recovering without our encryption key.”
According to the report, the hacking group has given Fairlife until the end of the week before it will release the data.
Fairlife was established in 2012 by Mike and Sue McCloskey through a collaboration with Coca-Cola and the dairy cooperative Select Milk Producers, which was founded in 1994 by the McCloskeys.
Coca-Cola gained full ownership of Fairlife in 2020.
Under the Fairlife brand, the business offers ultra-filtered fresh milk beverages, flavoured milk items including the Yup range, and protein shakes sold as Core Power.
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