Security firms Mandiant and Google are investigating a new extortion campaign targeting top executives at multiple companies, with emails claiming sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems.
BleepingComputer reports that a new extortion campaign has emerged, targeting top executives at various organizations with claims that sensitive data has been stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems. The campaign, which began in late September, is being tracked by security firms Mandiant and Google’s GTIG (Google Threat Intelligence Group).
According to Genevieve Stark, Head of Cybercrime and Information Operations Intelligence Analysis at GTIG, the investigations are still in the early stages, and the claims made by the group behind the campaign have not yet been substantiated. Charles Carmakal, CTO of Mandiant – Google Cloud, stated
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