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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.
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.
Also, the outcome of the attempt to blackmail Netflix with release of part of a season of Orange is the new black was hilarious.
This person is such a clown. All ransom notes from this individual should be read in lisping-tending-toward-daffy-duck pocket protector nerd voice for maximum hilarity.
My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
Yep, follow the money. We should have embargoed the Saudi scum and blockaded their ports in the weeks after 9/11, not spend trillions on endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Send a message that financing terrorism and mass murder is not an acceptable thing to do.
But no, the Bush family was too corrupt and enmeshed in oil interests to do the right thing.
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.
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
horror vacui
The Arab Oil Embargo was a good thing -- it allowed more efficient Japanese cars to temporarily slaughter the antiquated beasts the US automakers were vomiting onto the roads. It's a shame that oil didn't STAY expensive after the early 80s. We'd probably be driving more electric cars, have more of our railroad network electrified, and we'd have much smaller cars (like in Europe) -- not as many idiots driving huge SUVs and pickups in the suburbs.
Personally, I'd WELCOME another oil embargo or an Iran-Iraq-Saudi war if it puts worldwide oil prices in their rightful place: above $250/bbl.
it is far more likely than not that these documents will be boring and pointless, and if such is the case the law firm should not pay any ransom
Certainly not an expert on the matter, but how many lawyers would be lined up to sue the shit out these three firms for failing to protect sensitive information? I give it 3 days for a class action lawsuit to be announced, no matter how boring the contents of the files are.
Almost but not really: https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...
Moreover, upon signing that lease, Silverstein was obligated to insure the World Trade Center. There was nothing strange, suspicious, or “fortuitous,” therefore, about his purchasing an all-risk insurance policy — which at that time would have automatically included terrorism coverage — two months before 9/11, because that’s when he became contractually responsible for doing so. Ultimately, Silverstein wasn’t even solely responsible for the total dollar amount of that coverage ($3.55 billion) because that was the minimum demanded by his lenders, according to a 2002 report in The American Lawyer.
And he got back $4.55 billion when the rebuilding cost was estimated to be $9 billion so he lost a ton of money here, so no there where no "funny how a jew profited from terrorist attacks" at all.
8:01 PM on the 9th of November?
Carter? The idiot of the Tehran Vaudeville Show?
Yeah, right.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
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
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.
A friend of mine searched for that video once. Barely a year later, they pulled his charred and almost-unrecognisable corpse from the smoking wreckage of his battered Smart car.
Yes, he had turned to alcohol as a way of coping with the burden of knowledge, and his somewhat complicated divorce, but I have my suspicions still.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it