Anonymous broke into Nestlé’s database, one of the world’s leading food and beverage makers, and made more than 10 terabytes of your personal information publicly available.
“The database of Nestlé, the world’s largest food manufacturer, was leaked by the Anonymous movement. “It’s 10 GB of email data, passwords, Nestlé business customers, and so on,” said the perpetrators of Tuesday’s computer assault on Twitter.
Nestlé has been a target of activists and politicians since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: the Swiss company refused to join the hundreds of companies that have fled the country led by Vladimir Putin. He grabbed the attention of cybercriminals and internet activists such as Anonymous by remaining in Russia. They say that sensitive information was stolen.
Nestlé’s emails, passwords, and corporate clients, as well as a sample of data from more than 50,000 business customers, would be among the 10 GB of data.
Anonymous’ stock was released two days after the company was given permission to leave Russia.
During the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, the Anonymous organization played a significant role. The activist group has been doing everything it can to assist the Ukrainian government and the people of the region in whatever manner it can. Cyberattacks on state entities, as well as Kremlin-controlled news sources and websites, provided some of this assistance. The hack of Roskomnadz, Russia’s regulator for media censorship, was one of the greatest and most recent.
However, over 80 companies continue to operate in Russia (in whole or in part). Some did so of their own own, while others were coerced or compelled by the region’s authorities. However, the number of businesses that have departed the country is significantly higher (It is estimated that they have already passed 400).
Anonymous brought up Nestlé.
Nestlé and its anti-Russia stance: Anonymus takes advantage of the situation. Photo courtesy of AFP
On social media, the protestors referred to Nestlé as a “support of dictatorship.” The Swiss firm, on the other hand, assures: “Our remaining businesses do not generate a profit for us. The fact that we, like other food firms, provide essential food to the public does not imply that we will continue in the same manner “According to the Financial Times, a representative said.
As a result, Nestlé claims that its operations in Russia have been drastically diminished. Until now, it has been established that the company has stopped importing and exporting on Russian soil, with the exception of critical supplies. They also halted their advertising expenditures.
In Russia, Nestlé now employs 7,000 people. As a result, the corporation considers itself to have a responsibility to the personnel in this region.
In turn, the Swiss corporation receives 2% of its overall revenue from the Russian population, which equates to 87,000 million Swiss francs (almost 93 billion dollars) from the sale of Gerber baby food, Perrier water, and Nespresso coffee.