Pepsichic attack

The Rosselkhoznadzor suspected Pepsico in a hacker attack to obtain access to official documents, as well as in commercial espionage. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press secretary of the department, Julia Melano.

“The service concluded about a possible hacker attack by the American company Pepsico in order to access the secret information of the state authorities of Russia,” Melano said. “Taking into account the fact that the internal document, which illegally fell into the hands of representatives of this company, contained information about the Rossel Chief of Laboratory Monitoring of Milk processing companies, and enterprises, enterprises, which are included Pepsico, having secret information, had a competitive advantage over Russian companies and were ready to conduct control measures.

On Monday, the Rosselkhoznadzor reported that during the meeting of representatives of the National Union of Milk manufacturers (Soyuzmoloko) with the leadership of the Rosselkhoznadzor, the vice president of Pepsico on corporate relations in Russia, Ukraine, the CIS and the countries of Central Europe, Sergei Glushkov, presented a copy of the internal official document of the departments "for official use". At the same time, the document was not sent to Pepsico.

In Pepsico, the Rosselkhoznadzor accusations were rejected. “We did not receive any requests from the Rosselkhoznadzor about their official correspondence and did not provide any documents under the heading“ for official use ”by the management of the Rosselkhoznadzor,” Glushkov said on Monday. “And the Russian company“ Vim -Bill -Dann ”, and Pepsico, which is a member of the consultation council for foreign investments, Only legal methods of interaction with state authorities and the media are used. ”

Pepsico owns more than 40 enterprises in Russia. In 2011, she completed a transaction on the purchase of WIMM-Bill-Dann Food Products , one of the leading manufacturers of dairy and juice products in Russia.