On Monday, New Year's Eve, a group hackers announced that it had breached a law firm handling cases related to the 11/XNUMX attacks. The group has threatened to release internal files unless a ransom is demanded from the companies involved.
The group, called The Dark Overlord, has previously hit a Netflix production studio, as well as a number of medical centers and private businesses across the United States. This announcement marks a small development in the strategy of The Dark Overlord group, which now 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 made aware of the law firm's data breach, it took action and notified those involved as required. We will continue to work with law enforcement authorities in both the UK and US on the theme this.
The team hacking 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 leaked documents are not significant, but the team says more may be leaked.
In the text published by The Dark Overlord, it includes a link to an 10GB file with allegedly stolen files. Files are encrypted, but hackers are threatening to release decryption keys, unless their victims pay the ransom they requested 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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