Google says hackers sending extortion e-mails to executives

Alphabet’s Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications.

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In a statement, Google said a group claiming affiliation with the ransomware gang clOp was sending emails to “executives at numerous organisations claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite”.

The group began sending extortion emails on or before Sept 29, according to Ms Genevieve Stark, head of cybercrime at Google Threat Intelligence Group. The emails were sent from hundreds of compromised third-party accounts and claim the theft of data, she said.