Blackstone, KKR and other finance giants targeted in password theft hacking campaign

Dozens of U.S. financial institutions and other businesses over the past month have been targeted by ransom-seeking hackers who use phone calls to compromise their victims, according to Google and internet intelligence data reviewed by Reuters.

According to the data, hackers utilised websites to steal passwords from employees of private equity firms such as Blackstone, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Global Management, Bain Capital, KKR, TPG, CME Group and Moody’s, as well as a host of financial companies and other businesses.