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.

Google raises questions on authenticity of these mails

Google cautioned that it “does not currently have sufficient evidence to definitively assess the veracity of these claims.”

Messages seeking comment from Oracle were not returned. Cynthia Kaiser, the head of cybersecurity firm Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center, said her compan

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