Security News > 2022 > April > Coca-Cola probes pro-Kremlin gang's claims of 161GB data theft

Coca-Cola confirmed it's probing a possible network intrusion after the Stormous cybercrime gang claimed it stole 161GB of data from the beverage giant.

The ransomware gang, which has declared its support for the Russian government's illegal invasion of Ukraine, this week bragged it "Hacked some of the company's servers and passed a large amount of data inside them without their knowledge." It's now trying to sell the stolen data for about $64,000, or nearest offer "Depending on the amount of data you want," Stormous wrote on its website where it leaks pilfered information.

Stormous is a new ransomware gang that acccording to Ivan Righi, an analyst at threat intelligence firm Digital Shadows, publicly emerged in the first quarter of this year.

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine the cybercriminals were quick to follow fellow ransomware gang Conti's lead and announce its support for Moscow.

More recently, the gang claimed it was under attack by US-based cybersecurity teams, and vowed to "Do our best to disrupt the various Western unions," before adding a weirdly ominous ending: "Be on time."

"Pro-Russian actors are increasingly aligning with hacktivist-like activity targeting 'enemies of Russia,' especially Western entities due to their claims of Western warmongering," the consultancy said.

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