Hackers have threatened to leak Google databases unless the company fires two employees, according to a post on Telegram.
The post claiming to be from a hacking group called on the tech giant to fire Austin Larsen and Charles Carmakal, while also suspending Google Threat Intelligence Group investigations into the network.
The group is claimed to be a network of hackers made up of members from other hacker communities, consisting of Scattered Spider, LapSus, and ShinyHunters. The group has branded itself Scattered LapSus Hunters in reference to this.
Larsen and Carmakal both work in the Google Threat Intelligence Group.
While the group did not provide any proof that they had access to any Google databases, and there have been no recent breaches of Google information, the news comes after Google said in August that ShinyHunters gained information from Salesforce, a third-party that provides some services to Google.
Newsweek has approached Google for comment via email outside regular working hours.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
The post claiming to be from a hacking group called on the tech giant to fire Austin Larsen and Charles Carmakal, while also suspending Google Threat Intelligence Group investigations into the network.
The group is claimed to be a network of hackers made up of members from other hacker communities, consisting of Scattered Spider, LapSus, and ShinyHunters. The group has branded itself Scattered LapSus Hunters in reference to this.
Larsen and Carmakal both work in the Google Threat Intelligence Group.
While the group did not provide any proof that they had access to any Google databases, and there have been no recent breaches of Google information, the news comes after Google said in August that ShinyHunters gained information from Salesforce, a third-party that provides some services to Google.
Newsweek has approached Google for comment via email outside regular working hours.
This is a developing story and will be updated.