"On Monday, New Year’s Eve, a hacker group [Dark Overlord] announced it had breached a law firm handling cases related to the September 11 attacks, and threatened to publicly release a large cache of related internal files unless their ransom demands were met. The news is the latest public extortion attempt from the group known as The Dark Overlord, which has previously targeted a production studio working for Netflix, as well as a host of medical centres and private businesses across the United States... In its announcement published on Pastebin, The Dark Overlord points to several different insurers and legal firms, claiming specifically that it hacked Hiscox Syndicates Ltd, Lloyds of London, and Silverstein Properties... 'We'll be providing many answers about 9.11 conspiracies through our 18.000 secret documents leak,' the group tweeted on Monday... In its extortion note, The Dark Overlord included a link for a 10GB archive of files it allegedly stole...The cache is encrypted, but the hackers are threatening to release the relevant decryption keys, unlocking different sets of files at a time, unless the victims pay the hackers an undisclosed ransom fee in Bitcoin... The Dark Overlord is also claiming to be offering to sell the data on a dark web hacking forum, and is attempting to blackmail individuals who may be included in the documents themselves...." https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...eatens-dump-911-insurance-files-dark-overlord Details from Dark Overlord Anouncement here: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/da...-release-confidential-documents-9-11-attacks/
I was reading about this in the morning today: https://www.scmagazine.com/home/sec...ase-9-11-related-docs-pilfered-from-law-firm/ . A great example that ransomware is extortion; plain and simple. And most important, its not just about encrypting local storage files but also stealing valuable data. About this incident is given the sensitive nature of the data, why was it not stored encrypted on the target's server? Another example of businesses really not getting the message about what computer security measures are necessary in today's malware environment.
"...During a 4chan Q&A, the group [The Dark Overlord] additionally claimed to have documents related to UFO disclosure. 'Now, our next release about UFOs, yeah, that’s a 10 mate, but it’s going to wait until we’re done here.'...” https://www.newsweek.com/911-911-ha...cy-hacker-dark-overlord-ufo-1277431?piano_t=1 00
"Twitter Moves to Stop Spread of Hacked 9/11 Lawsuit Files In the latest enforcement of a recently adopted policy against the distribution of hacked materials, Twitter has moved to vanquish the account of a hacking group believed to have pilfered thousands of documents from an American law firm that litigated insurance claims stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks..." https://gizmodo.com/twitter-moves-to-stop-spread-of-hacked-9-11-lawsuit-fil-1831446081
"FBI and other law-enforcement agencies investigating the hack by ‘The Dark Overlord’ The FBI is investigating the theft of 18,000 insurance and legal documents relating to the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre by a hacker with a long record of holding companies to ransom,... On Wednesday, images of some of the documents began to circulate on the internet after the group released [some] decryption keys. The images appeared to show communications relating to the World Trade Centre**...." https://www.irishtimes.com/business...ts-hacked-from-insurers-and-lawyers-1.3746336 **"...released “a small sample of documents” to verify prior claims that the group breached international firms..." https://www.cyberscoop.com/the-dark-overlord-9-11-documents-hiscox-lloyds-of-london/
They teach us to like those who hate us. They teach us to blame those that aren't at fault. They betray the truth that the good is the enemy of the best. Pink Floyd: Welcome my son, welcome to the machine What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream.
A Decryption Key for Law Firm Emails in Hacked 9/11 Files Has Been Released https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw85pv/decryption-key-layer-3-dark-overlord-911-attacks
Hiscox Hack Suit Advances as Warden Grier Loses Dismissal Bid July 25, 2020 https://www.databreaches.net/hiscox-hack-suit-advances-as-warden-grier-loses-dismissal-bid/ lawsuit: (PDF): https://www.databreaches.net/wp-content/uploads/Hiscox_complaint.pdf
