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A trove of emails along with court records reveal new details about a hacking campaign against environmental activists campaigning against ExxonMobil (New York Stock Exchange:XOM), The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Thousands of individuals and companies. were attacked and at least some of the attacks resulted in hackers gaining access to victims’ private accounts and obtaining their passwords, according to the report.
Exxon (XOM) itself is not charged with any wrongdoing in the hacking operation and no one else has been publicly charged in connection with the case.
Among the hacking targets was the Rockefeller Family Fund, a charity created by some of the heirs of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, which for years has been involved in campaigns alleging that Exxon (XOM) hid from the public the full scope of what it knew internally about climate change and the role fossil fuels played in causing it.
In addition to climate change activists, the hacking campaign also targeted hedge funds and other financial institutions.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) is “a strong buy as a revenue and growth consideration based on Guyana’s societal progress,” Long Player writes in an analysis recently published in Seeking Alpha.
