Tag: extortion
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Google warns of Cl0p extortion campaign against Oracle E-Business users
Google observed Cl0p ransomware group sending extortion emails to executives, claiming theft of Oracle E-Business Suite data. Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) researchers are tracking a suspected Cl0p ransomware group’s activity, where threat actors attempt to extort executives with claims of stealing Oracle E-Business Suite data. >>A group of hackers claimed to…
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Cl0p-linked threat actors target Oracle E-Business Suite in extortion campaign
Execs: Don’t ‘engage rashly’: There are no common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) for this attack; the issue “stems from configuration and default business logic abuse rather than a specific vulnerability,” according to Halcyon.The firm advises organizations to check if EBS portals are publicly accessible (via /OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp#) and if so, immediately restrict exposure. It is also…
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Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group
After breaching the security of Oracle’s E-Business Suite, a well-known group of hackers is actively trying to extort execs for millions of dollars. The post Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-oracle-e-business-suite-breach-ransom-extortion-clop/
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Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group
After breaching the security of Oracle’s E-Business Suite, a well-known group of hackers is actively trying to extort execs for millions of dollars. The post Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-oracle-e-business-suite-breach-ransom-extortion-clop/
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Cryptohack Roundup: White House Pulls CFTC Chair Nom
Also: Texas Brothers Charged in $8M Crypto-Linked Kidnapping Case. This week, Brian Quintenz won’t lead the U.S. CFTC, Canada fined KuCoin $14M, Texas brothers charged in an $8M kidnapping case, South Korean actor given suspended sentence for embezzlement, phishing campaign used robots.txt and an ex-LASD deputy pleaded guilty in a business extortion scam. First seen…
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Cybercriminals are trying to extort executives with data allegedly stolen through Oracle tool
Incident responders at Google are warning about an extortion campaign, possibly connected to the Clop gang, that targets executives with data that cybercriminals claim was stolen via an Oracle tool. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/possible-clop-campaign-extortion-executives-stolen-data
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Hackers claim to have plundered Red Hat’s GitHub repos
The Crimson Collective, an emerging extortion / hacker group, has made a bombshell claim on their Telegram channel: they have gained access to Red Hat’s GitHub and have … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/02/hackers-red-hat-github-breached-customer-data-stolen/
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Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers breach GitLab instance
An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have stolen nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal development respositories, with the company confirming it was a breach of one of its GitLab instances. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-hat-confirms-security-incident-after-hackers-breach-gitlab-instance/
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Hackers claiming ties to Clop launch wide extortion campaign targeting corporate executives
The email-based campaign purports to have sensitive data from breached Oracle E-Business Suite applications.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/hackers-clop-extortion-campaign-executives/801808/
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Hackers are sending extortion emails to executives after claiming Oracle apps’ data breach
Google says hackers associated with the Clop ransomware gang are emailing executives at multiple organizations claiming to have stolen their personal information from a suite of Oracle E-Business apps. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/02/hackers-are-sending-extortion-emails-to-executives-after-claiming-oracle-apps-data-breach/
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Extortion Emails Sent to Executives by Self-Proclaimed Clop Gang Member
The initial investigation shows early signs of links with the FIN11 and Clop cyber extortion groups First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/extortion-emails-executives-clop/
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‘High-Volume’ Extortion Campaign Claims Oracle E-Business Data Theft: Mandiant
Mandiant and Google threat researchers are tracking an extortion campaign that involves claims of “sensitive” data theft from Oracle E-Business Suite customers, the researchers disclosed. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/high-volume-extortion-campaign-claims-oracle-e-business-data-theft-mandiant
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Clop-linked crims shake down Oracle execs with data theft claims
Extortion emails name-drop Big Red’s E-Business Suite, though Google and Mandiant yet to find proof of any breach First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/clop_oracle_extortion/
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Clop-linked crims shake down Oracle execs with data theft claims
Extortion emails name-drop Big Red’s E-Business Suite, though Google and Mandiant yet to find proof of any breach First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/clop_oracle_extortion/
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Oracle customers targeted with emails claiming E-Business Suite breach, data theft
Unknown attackers claiming affiliation with the Cl0p extortion gang are hitting business and IT executives at various companies with emails claiming that they have exfiltrated … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/02/oracle-ebs-data-theft-extortion/
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Oracle customers targeted with emails claiming E-Business Suite breach, data theft
Unknown attackers claiming affiliation with the Cl0p extortion gang are hitting business and IT executives at various companies with emails claiming that they have exfiltrated … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/02/oracle-ebs-data-theft-extortion/
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Google Mandiant Probes New Oracle Extortion Wave Possibly Linked to Cl0p Ransomware
Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have disclosed that they are tracking a new cluster of activity possibly linked to a financially motivated threat actor known as Cl0p.The malicious activity involves sending extortion emails to executives at various organizations and claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite.”This activity began…
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Google Mandiant Probes New Oracle Extortion Wave Possibly Linked to Cl0p Ransomware
Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have disclosed that they are tracking a new cluster of activity possibly linked to a financially motivated threat actor known as Cl0p.The malicious activity involves sending extortion emails to executives at various organizations and claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite.”This activity began…
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Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach
An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories, stealing nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal projects. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-hat-confirms-security-incident-after-hackers-claim-github-breach/
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Kido nursery hackers say they have deleted stolen data
Experts say attempting to extort children lost Radiant group credibility in hacking world, which made it take actionCybercriminals who stole pictures and the private information of <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/kido-nursery-hackers-radiant-threaten-publish-children-profiles”>thousands of nursery children have deleted the data.A gang calling themselves Radiant have removed details of children at the UK-based Kido nursery chain from a website it had…
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Clop extortion emails claim theft of Oracle E-Business Suite data
Mandiant and Google are tracking a new extortion campaign where executives at multiple companies received emails claiming that sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clop-extortion-emails-claim-theft-of-oracle-e-business-suite-data/
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Nach Cyberangriff: IT-Störung in Hoppegarten dauert an
Der Cyberangriff auf die Gemeinde Hoppegarten im August sorgt aktuell noch immer für IT-Probleme.Am 10. August funktionierte in der Gemeinde Hoppegarten (Brandenburg) fast nichts mehr. Aufgrund einer Hackerattacke musste die Verwaltung damals ihre IT-Systeme abschalten. Wie die Kommune nun am Montag (22. September) mitteilte, dauert die Aufarbeitung des Angriffs noch an.Demnach sind zwar zentrale Dienste…
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Nach Cyberangriff: IT-Störung in Hoppegarten dauert an
Der Cyberangriff auf die Gemeinde Hoppegarten im August sorgt aktuell noch immer für IT-Probleme.Am 10. August funktionierte in der Gemeinde Hoppegarten (Brandenburg) fast nichts mehr. Aufgrund einer Hackerattacke musste die Verwaltung damals ihre IT-Systeme abschalten. Wie die Kommune nun am Montag (22. September) mitteilte, dauert die Aufarbeitung des Angriffs noch an.Demnach sind zwar zentrale Dienste…
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Nach Cyberangriff: IT-Störung in Hoppegarten dauert an
Der Cyberangriff auf die Gemeinde Hoppegarten im August sorgt aktuell noch immer für IT-Probleme.Am 10. August funktionierte in der Gemeinde Hoppegarten (Brandenburg) fast nichts mehr. Aufgrund einer Hackerattacke musste die Verwaltung damals ihre IT-Systeme abschalten. Wie die Kommune nun am Montag (22. September) mitteilte, dauert die Aufarbeitung des Angriffs noch an.Demnach sind zwar zentrale Dienste…
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Allianz: Cyberabwehr hilft Hacker suchen leichtere Beute
Eine Analyse von Allianz Commercial zeigt, dass versicherte Großunternehmen zunehmend resilient gegenüber Cyberattacken sind. Kriminelle Hacker machen sich nach Einschätzung der Allianz wegen verbesserter Cybersicherheit großer Unternehmen und Institutionen vermehrt auf die Suche nach leichterer Beute. Die Zahl der Cyberbanden hingegen nimmt nach wie vor zu, wie es im neuen Bericht des Unternehmensversicherers Allianz Commercial…
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Allianz: Cyberabwehr hilft Hacker suchen leichtere Beute
Eine Analyse von Allianz Commercial zeigt, dass versicherte Großunternehmen zunehmend resilient gegenüber Cyberattacken sind. Kriminelle Hacker machen sich nach Einschätzung der Allianz wegen verbesserter Cybersicherheit großer Unternehmen und Institutionen vermehrt auf die Suche nach leichterer Beute. Die Zahl der Cyberbanden hingegen nimmt nach wie vor zu, wie es im neuen Bericht des Unternehmensversicherers Allianz Commercial…
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Allianz: Cyberabwehr hilft Hacker suchen leichtere Beute
Eine Analyse von Allianz Commercial zeigt, dass versicherte Großunternehmen zunehmend resilient gegenüber Cyberattacken sind. Kriminelle Hacker machen sich nach Einschätzung der Allianz wegen verbesserter Cybersicherheit großer Unternehmen und Institutionen vermehrt auf die Suche nach leichterer Beute. Die Zahl der Cyberbanden hingegen nimmt nach wie vor zu, wie es im neuen Bericht des Unternehmensversicherers Allianz Commercial…
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A suspected Scattered Spider member suspect detained for casino network attacks
A suspected Scattered Spider member linked to cyber attacks on Las Vegas casinos was arrested on September 17. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrested on September 17 a suspected Scattered Spider member linked to attacks on Las Vegas casinos for computer intrusion, extortion, and identity theft. Between August and October 2023, multiple Las Vegas…
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(g+) Ransomware 2025: Wie mit KI-gestützten Angriffen Firmen erpresst werden
KI macht Verschlüsselungstrojaner schlauer. Wir zeigen, wie sich Unternehmen 2025 wehren können. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/ransomware-2025-wie-mit-ki-gestuetzten-angriffen-firmen-erpresst-werden-2509-200332.html
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Alleged Scattered Spider teen cuffed after extortion Bitcoin used to buy games, meals
Feds say gift card splurges tied suspect to multimillion-dollar ransomware crew First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/scattered_spider_teen_cuffed/