In a concerning development, Google revealed on Thursday that over 100 companies may have been impacted by a sophisticated and far-reaching hacking campaign targeting Oracle’s widely used suite of business products — an early assessment that suggests the potential for extensive and long-lasting damage across industries.

Google, a unit of Alphabet , said in a statement that “mass amounts of customer data” were stolen in an operation it said may have begun as early as three months ago.

“This level of investment suggests the threat actor(s) responsible for the initial intrusion likely dedicated significant resources to pre-attack research,” the email said.

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Google, which has a vast cybersecurity practice alongside its better known search, email and video offerings, noted in a blog p

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