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NEWS: Google says hackers are sending extortion emails to executives

Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

By Raphael Satter

ALPHABET’S Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications.

In a statement, Google said a group claiming affiliation with the ransomware gang was sending emails to “executives at numerous organizations claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite.”

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