U.S. private equity firms

Google and data: hackers used phone calls, phishing websites, and "meticulous" tactics to target dozens of US PE firms and other businesses over the past month (Reuters)

Ransom-seeking hackers conducted a coordinated, phone-call-based phishing campaign targeting dozens of U.S. private equity firms and other businesses over the past month, using meticulous social engineering tactics including spoofed websites and voice calls.