The release of the study led the Department of Homeland Security to issue an alert. Issued in London, the report said systems at two government agencies and at media, energy and finance sectors businesses were hit after failing to install patches or take other security measures recommended by Oracle or SAP. Homeland security issued an alert titled "Malicious cyber activity targeting ERP applications". Many such issues are a decade or more old, but are now being targeted by hackers, cyber criminals and government spy agencies, Onapsis Chief Executive Mariano Nunez said in an interview with Reuters. "The urgency level among chief security officers and CEOs should be far higher," he said.