Google says hackers associated with a productive ransomware group send emails to executives to “numerous” large organizations, having claimed that they have stolen their sensitive information from a range of business software products developed by Oracle.
In a statement given to TechCrunch, the head of the crime analysis in cyberspace, Genevieve Stark said hackers began sending emails to executives around September 29, but that the technological giant has not yet documented the hacker allegations.
The emails were sent by hundreds of compromised accounts, including one used by a well -known financially motivated group of cybercrime associated with the Ransomware gang.
Charles Carmakal, head of Google’s Response Unit’s technology, told TechCrunch that the malicious emails sent to the executives contained contact addresses listed on the Clop Data Brake Website, which hackers use to push their victims.
The Clop is a productive hacking team that has lost hundreds of companies in recent years, often taking advantage of previously unexplored security imperfections that are unknown to the software manufacturer, known as zero -day vulnerabilities. These defects have allowed the hacking group to violate many organizations at the same time, allowing data to theft in at least tens of millions of people.
Parachute referenced In one case, hackers have asked $ 50 million from a affected company, citing the Halcyon Callestation-Logist, which responds to the hacking campaign but did not send a request for comments from TechCrunch.
According to Bloomberg, hackers used users’ emails and abused the default RESET feature to obtain work credentials for Oracle E-Business Suite Web-portals accessible online.
Oracle E-Business Suite is a set of products developed by the Oracle technological giant to help companies manage their customer databases, employee information and human resources files. Says Oracle on his website That thousands of organizations around the world are based on the e -business suite to run their companies.
Oracle Deborah Hellinger’s spokesman did not send a request for comments on Thursday.
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