HackingTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

PepsiCo, Inc.

bd_270b604ec9203798 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 4, 2021

Filed

Oct 7, 2022

To disclose

19 months

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for PepsiCo, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Donlen Corporation (Sellerco), a fleet management provider for PepsiCo, notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring Feb 24–Mar 4, 2021. An unknown actor accessed Donlen's network. Donlen reset passwords, engaged forensic specialists, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. The investigation could not confirm if specific individuals' data was accessed, but names and other data elements were accessible.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 19 months / 582 days

Feb 24, 2021

Begins

Mar 4, 2021

Discovered

Oct 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+64 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_246439017d2116ac2022-10-07Verified
Maine State AGbd_22b3a44cd5d861c12022-10-06 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_ba82f2616ad444342022-10-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Donlen Corporation, now known as Sellerco Corporation
norm: donlen

Name: PepsiCo, Inc.
norm: pepsico
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2021 – Mar 4, 2021
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 7, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notifying relevant state regulators as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Resetting impacted account passwords
Reviewing the contents of the impacted systems to determine whether they contained personal information
Reviewing internal systems to identify contact information for purposes of providing notice to potentially affected individuals
Notifying relevant state regulators as required by law
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for 24 months through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 months(582 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGOct 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 6 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-609.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2022
Raw hash: 3bf2b500b176f53f5edfe2431aca5f2472fc6b97f9f9114a3635e1964188a810

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDonlen Corporation, now known as Sellerco Corporation

Victim entityPepsiCo, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2021

Stated responseResetting impacted account passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov