WASHINGTON—Alphabet’s Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives from various companies, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications. In a statement, Google said a group claiming affiliation with the ransomware gang cl0p claimed to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite. Google described […]
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WASHINGTON—Alphabet’sGooglesaidhackersaresendingextortionemailstoanunspecifiednumberofexecutivesfromvariouscompanies,claimingtohavestolensensitivedatafromtheirOraclebusinessapplications.
Inastatement,Googlesaidagroupclaimingaffiliationwiththeransomwaregangcl0pclaimedtohavestolensensitivedatafromtheirOracleE-BusinessSuite.Googledescribedtheemailcampaignashighvolumebutdeclinedtosharefurtherdetails.
Googlecautionedthatit“doesnotcurrentlyhavesufficientevidencetodefinitivelyassesstheveracityoftheseclaims.”
MessagesseekingcommentfromOraclewerenotreturned.
CynthiaKaiser,theheadofcybersecurityfirmHalcyon’sRansomwareResearchCenter,saidher
