Al Hayat | Pepsi Listed by Global Secret Group Ransomware Group

On July 26, 2026, Iraqi food and beverage company Al Hayat (alhayatco.com) was listed on the leak site of the Global Secret Group ransomware operation. The listing claims the attackers exfiltrated 138 GB of internal files containing 205,992 files across 17,178 folders. The disclosure does not specify the exact number of individuals affected or list the precise data types contained in the files.

Reported Details from the Leak Site

The primary disclosure on the Global Secret Group leak site states that Al Hayat, a company with roughly 501–1,000 employees and annual revenue near $100 million, was hit by a ransomware attack. The actors published proof of the breach consisting of a large directory listing and sample files. As is typical with these listings, the site does not detail what specific categories of information were taken beyond describing the material as “internal files exfiltrated in ransomware attack.” No ransom amount or negotiation status is shown in the current listing.

July 26, 2026 marks the first public confirmation of the incident through the attackers’ own leak portal, hosted via ransomware.live indexing.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a company like Al Hayat suffers a breach, the people whose information ends up in the stolen files are ordinary customers, suppliers, employees, and sometimes their family members. Even though the exact contents remain undisclosed, internal corporate files of this volume frequently include spreadsheets with names, addresses, national ID numbers, contact details, payroll records, vendor contracts, and customer orders. Any of these can be used to launch identity theft, phishing campaigns, or financial fraud against you or your family.

The fact that the data has been publicly listed on a ransomware leak site means copies may now be in the hands of multiple criminal actors who routinely trade, sell, or weaponize such archives.

Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

Stolen internal files often contain enough personal breadcrumbs to link an individual’s work email, phone number, home address, and family relationships. Once attackers map these connections, they can pivot to gaming accounts, social-media handles, and other online identities that share the same credentials or recovery details. Credential leaks of this nature frequently cascade into account takeovers, especially for children’s gaming accounts that reuse an email address tied to a parent’s workplace records.

The exposure creates long-term doxxing potential: adversaries can combine this data with information from other breaches to build detailed profiles that are difficult to scrub from the internet.

Global Secret Group’s Known Track Record

Public reporting attributes the Global Secret Group to a relatively new ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in late 2025. The group is known for targeting mid-sized companies across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, with a focus on food production, manufacturing, and logistics firms. Their typical playbook involves initial access through compromised remote desktop or VPN credentials, followed by deployment of ransomware, aggressive data exfiltration, and dual extortion — demanding payment both to decrypt systems and to prevent publication of stolen files.

Like many contemporary ransomware actors, they maintain a leak site to pressure victims who refuse to pay, often releasing initial samples and then threatening to dump the full archive after a deadline.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your emails, phone numbers, handles, and real-world identity so you can see exactly what this breach may have exposed about you and your family.
• Rotate any password you used at alhayatco.com or related Al Hayat services anywhere else it is reused, and switch to 2FA using an authenticator app rather than SMS.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms so the next time your information appears on a leak site it is caught within hours instead of months.
• Cover the entire household with DoxxScan family protection, which extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts that often chain back to the same addresses or recovery emails exposed in corporate breaches.
• Let DoxxScan remediation specialists handle takedown requests for any exposed personal documents or broker listings that surface from this incident.

The Al Hayat breach is a reminder that ransomware groups continue to treat stolen corporate data as a long-term extortion and identity-theft resource. Taking concrete steps now limits how far attackers can travel down the identity chain created by this and future leaks. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden provides continuous monitoring across 13.1 billion+ breach records and more than 100 platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, and hands-on remediation by specialists, with household coverage that includes children’s gaming accounts.