Google Warns Hackers Sending Ransom Emails to Officials

Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) has warned that hackers are sending ransom-demand emails to several officials, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications.

In a statement, Google said a group claiming affiliation with a ransomware gang has been emailing officials across multiple organizations, asserting that they had exfiltrated confidential data from Oracle’s E-Business Suite.

Google cautioned that it does not have sufficient evidence to verify the accuracy of these claims.

Requests for comment from both cl0p and Oracle were not immediately returned. Google described the email campaign as affecting “a large number” of targets but declined to provide further details.