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Hackers Threaten To Dump Insurance Files Related To 9/11 Attacks (vice.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: 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.
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.
I'm not sure how valuable 18-year old files are.
9/11 to geneation z was like the titanic, some disaster that happened a long time ago before they were born. Yes, in 9 months time you can legally watch post 9/11 porn stars.
I mean at this point there have been so many other major breaches Its hard to imagine to much of real interesting being there.
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Am I slow this morning?....Can someone explain....Why do we care? Who has anything to hide/gain with this? also...Where are my pants?
Let them leak it. I don't believe in any of the 9/11 conspiracy theories. I *do* believe that the Feds and NY government massively understated health risks to people in downtown Manhattan (and possibly Brooklyn and Staten Island) after the incident. Maybe this will shed some light on what toxic chemicals were in the towers and actual air sampling data. Sunlight disinfects, and it's not like I'd weep for insurance companies.
Is it some kind of character encoding thing that there is a slash after the 9 in the USA emergency number?
These guys want money or they will release the files. So if they do not they got paid. That, if it happens, should tell you something about both groups.
How about a moderation of -1 pedantic.
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msmash gets off on headlines with "hacker" in them.
From TFS:
"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."
It sounds like the Shadow Brokers all over again. Who makes public threats and demands ransom? Someone with an interest in making a public statement spreading more conspiracy theories. Any entity threatened publicly is LESS likely to pay up because they don't want to look weak. Threaten someone publicly and you get public image involved. Threaten privately, and it's mostly about money. Guess which one is more profitable?
The Ruskies are currently betting on gaining on any damage done to the Western world. Leaking some weird conspiracy garbage benefits them greatly because conspiracy theories weaken government, and in this case, The US specifically.
Wikipedia is not a credible source, you've just lost all credibility. Parrot repeating is not source journalism.
I'm pretty sure The Dark Overlord has failed at multiple entries on the official list.
We're addicted to oil and they can F us over is the short reason why none of the presidents have done anything, on either side.
You're right that they're not trustworthy allies.
We need alternate energy yesterday so we can let them get bent.
Sounds risky to me. They'd better convert their bounty into bucks before it goes to zero later this year.
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how many 9/11 hijackers we from ....
North Korea
Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
Syria
and how many were from Saudi Arabia ... All of them!!!!!!!!!!!
I would be more interested in All the Pentagon files for 9/11. I just think they would tell you more than what an insurance report would. just saying
It is a fact that explosions were involved in the destruction of WTC7. Eyewitness accounts report multiple explosions. A firefighter yelled "WTC7 is exploding!" over the firefighter's radio channel. The sound of a huge explosion was captured on video on a street nearby WTC7 during the disaster, people visibly flinching in response. An explosion destroyed the lobby and 1st floor stairwells of the building.
Search for a video called "Barry Jennings 911 WTC7 Full Uncut Interview." He was there. Firefighters rescued him from the WTC7 building just before it fell. They killed him for giving that interview, a week later.
it's clear from documented facts that this guy knew exactly what was going to happen, and where the money was going.
Surely this is like extorting The Joker and threatening to reveal how he does his makeup :|
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