ExxonMobil and Lobbyist Face Scrutiny Over Cyber Espionage

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) is under scrutiny as the FBI investigates a consultant linked to the company for alleged involvement in a hack-and-leak operation targeting environmental activists, per a Reuters report. The alleged scheme, which began in 2015, involved mercenary hackers breaching email accounts of environmentalists, whose data was later leaked to disrupt lawsuits against ExxonMobil and other energy companies.According to the report, the hacking targets were compiled by the DCI Group, a lobbyin ...