08:11 AM EST, 12/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- ExxonMobil ( XOM ) and one of its longtime lobbyists are facing calls for scrutiny and accountability following a scandal in which the email accounts of US critics of the energy giant were hacked, Reuters reported Thursday.

US Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Ron Wyden, and a number of environmental groups are calling for scrutiny of the company and Washington lobbyist, DCI Group, which has been linked to a hacking and leaking operation targeting more than 500 environmentalists' email accounts between 2015 and 2018, the report said.

ExxonMobil ( XOM ) did not immediately reply to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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