Google flags surge in hacker extortion emails targeting corporate executives

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 the email campaign as high volume but declined to share further details.