Cherokee Distributing Co
About the organisation
Cherokee Distributing Company offers the leading brands of beer and other nonalcoholic beverage s. In addition to their headquarters in Knoxville, they manage distribution centers in Chattano oga, Cookeville, Kingsport, Pulaski and Tullahoma. We will upload 40gb of corporate data soon. Employee personal docs (passports, DLs, SSNs), cont racts and agreements, partner and client files, detailed financials, projects, NDAs, confidenti al files, etc.
What the listing means
Cherokee Distributing Co appeared on the akira leak site on 03 June 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 21 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Cherokee Distributing Co as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account with this organisation, change the password now and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Transportation/Logistics organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/Q2hlcm9rZWUgRGlzdHJpYnV0aW5nIENvQGFraXJh