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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.
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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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.
Who has to gain? The public -- people affected by 9/11 should have access to as much air-quality and hazmat data as possible to facilitate lawsuits against relevant parties. Who has to lose? The state and US governments who both understated health risks in the weeks after 9/11.
Leak away, people, you're doing the good people of New York a solid.
Records related to the World Trade Center attack on 9/11/2001, not 911 calls.
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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Come one there was no coordinated attempt to cover up the health risks. If the understated the risks it was to avoid a panic. The reality is at the end of the day state and federal medicare is going to be on the hook of those health effects either way. So private insurers might get stuck with some of the bill in the mean time but for the most part these things will present as increased rates of later life illnesses like COPD and various cancers among those exposed.
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Medicare is one thing, but people with health issues might also be entitled to compensation from private insurers. If the private insurance companies can be bled some more, so much the better ....
I'm pretty sure it's something that happened on the ~298th day of the year.
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"The 11th of November 2001" 11/9/2001
vs
"November the 11th 2001" 9/11/2001
The first way is how everyone, with the exception of the USA, formats and speaks the date. The second is what the USA does.
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In America we actually call the 9th month September. Don't hold your breath on us converting to a metric calendar system, though.
yet another reason to use ISO 8601 date formats, no one is confused if you say 2001-09-11
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Your "Gen Z" is going to be paying for the 9/11 (PNAC) wars for the rest of their lives given the current trajectory. They might just care about that if the hackers release history and economics primers as well.
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You underestimate the Americans. They're some of the most easily confused people on the planet, and congratulate themselves as such.
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Except, now, we (the US) are a net exporter of oil. Sure, it's a global market, but if prices climb we net benefit. This situation is not likely to change in the future as we move to more fuel efficient vehicles and electric vehicles. The only way for the Saudis to screw us is dump oil onto the market (their production costs are among the lowest in the world) to drive the price down below where US oilfields can make money -- but within months of them again restricting supply, the mothballed rigs in the US will be restarted. The Saudis and the Middle East in general are in a no win game and they know it.
This is why the rich countries in the Middle East are desperately trying to make themselves luxury tourist destinations as they know the oil game is winding down and they will be broke. I'm not convinced that very many people really would rather play golf in the desert just because it's amazing how they can keep the greens green (they flood them every night with very expensive water) or ski on a short, easy, inside ski slope just because it's amazing how they can keep the place cold enough to make/keep snow (unsurprisingly, they expend massive amounts of electricity to do so). The novelty will wear off.
Personally, given the choice of playing golf at Pebble Beach or in the middle of the desert, I know which I would pick. Similarly, given the choice of skiing at Telluride or Jackson Hole (or many other places in the US alone, let alone in the Alps etc) or in an enclosed building on a short run in the desert, I know which I would pick.
8:01 PM on the 9th of November?
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 where it's quoting reliable sources.
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.
Surely this is like extorting The Joker and threatening to reveal how he does his makeup :|
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in 9 months time you can legally watch post 9/11 porn stars
I love this new definition of "eighteen years".
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
yet another reason to use ISO 8601 date formats, no one is confused if you say 2001-09-11
How did that help? It is still between the month being 9 or 11. I use the military style. 11 SEP 2001. No confusion at all possible. All months are three letter abbreviation.
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Shit, I always misspell November. I mean November. Shit! November.
...September!
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