On Monday, New Year's Eve, a group of hackers announced they had breached a law firm handling cases related to the 11/XNUMX attacks. The group threatened to release internal files if it didn't get it ransom από τις εμπλεκόμενες Companies.
The team called The Dark Overlord has previously hit a Netflix studio, as well as a host of medical centers and private businesses across the United States. This announcement marks a small breakthrough in The Dark Overlord's strategy, which seems to use the media to put pressure on its victims.
In her Pastebin announcement, The Dark Overlord mentions several insurance and law firms, namely Hiscox Syndicates Ltd, Lloyds of London and Silverstein Properties.
"Hiscox Syndicates Ltd and Lloyds London are among the largest insurance companies in the world that insure everything from the smallest companies to some of the largest in the world such as the World Trade Centers," the statement said.
At present we do not know exactly what files the team has stolen, but it seems to be trying to exploit the conspiracy theories surrounding the 11 September attacks.
"We will provide many answers to the 9.11 conspiracies through the 18.000 secret documents we obtained," he said. a tweet on Monday.
A Representative of the Hiscox Group confirmed on the Motherboard that the hackers had broken a law firm that advised the company and probably stole records related to 11's September attacks.
"Our law firm systems are not connected to Hiscox IT infrastructure and Hiscox systems were not affected by this incident."
Once Hiscox was informed of the violation of the law firm's data, he took action and informed the parties as required. We will continue to work with law enforcement authorities in the United Kingdom and the US on this issue.
The hacking group released a handful of letters, emails and other documents citing various law firms, including the Transport Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration. The documents that they leaked they are not significant, but the team reports that more may leak.
In the text posted by The Dark Overlord team includes a link to one archive 10GB με αρχεία που υποτίθεται ότι έκλεψαν. Τα αρχεία είναι κρυπτογραφημένα, αλλά οι hackers απειλούν να κυκλοφορήσουν τα κλειδιά αποκρυπτογράφησης, except and if their victims pay the ransom they demanded in Bitcoin.
Pay the fuck up, or we're going to bury you with this. If you continue to fail us, we'll escalate these releases by releasing the keys, each time a Layer is opened, a new wave of liability will fall upon you
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