Google Says Hackers Are Sending Extortion Emails To Executives (reuters.com)
(Thursday October 02, 2025 @05:22PM (msmash)
from the PSA dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/02/1812256/google-says-hackers-are-sending-extortion-emails-to-executives
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/business/google-says-hackers-are-sending-extortion-emails-executives-2025-10-02/
An anonymous reader shares a report:
> Google said hackers are [1]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 cl0p, opens new tab was sending emails to "executives at numerous organizations claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite." Google cautioned that it "does not currently have sufficient evidence to definitively assess the veracity of these claims."
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/google-says-hackers-are-sending-extortion-emails-executives-2025-10-02/
> Google said hackers are [1]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 cl0p, opens new tab was sending emails to "executives at numerous organizations claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite." Google cautioned that it "does not currently have sufficient evidence to definitively assess the veracity of these claims."
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/google-says-hackers-are-sending-extortion-emails-executives-2025-10-02/
If only... (Score:2)
by eneville ( 745111 )
If only Google were in a position where they look after mailboxes...
Hahahaha! Good! (Score:2)
I can only think of a handful of people I'd rather see harassed versus Google's executives. I hope they pee their pants and end up sending BTC to Romanians.
Re: (Score:2)
I've received this type of email before. It had such atrocious grammar and spelling that it was immediately obvious that it was a scam, but it's hardly difficult to bluff about something like this and hope to catch someone panicking and not realizing that it's bullshit. It's no different than the scammers that will call a person and claim to have their wife, kids, etc hostage and that they'll be killed unless $XXXXX is immediately wired to them.
The claims are bullshit. Anyone with a bit of sensitive info