Hackers Threaten to Dump Insurance Files Related to 9/11 Attacks

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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw79k5/hacker-group-threatens-dump-911-insurance-files-dark-overlord

By Joseph Cox
Motherboard.vice.com
Dec 31 2018

On Monday, New Year's Eve, a hacker group 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. The announcement also signals a 
slight evolution in The Dark Overlord's strategy, which has expanded on 
leveraging the media to exert pressure on victims, to now distributing its 
threats and stolen data in a wider fashion.

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.

"Hiscox Syndicates Ltd and Lloyds of London are some of the biggest 
insurers on the planet insuring everything from the smallest policies to 
some of the largest policies on the planet, and who even insured 
structures such as the World Trade Centers," the announcement reads.

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