Exclusive-Hackers targeted US private equity, other firms including Blackstone, CME, data shows

Ransom-seeking hackers who use phone calls to compromise their victims targeted dozens of prominent U. S. financial institutions and other businesses over the past month, according to Google and internet intelligence data reviewed by Reuters. The data shows the hackers devised websites aimed at stealing passwords from employees of private equity firms ‌and financial companies including Blackstone, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Global Management, Bain Capital, KKR, TPG, CME Group, Clearlake Capital and Moody