Hacker Group Threatens to Release 9/11-Related Documents Pilfered from Law Firm
January 1st, 2019Dark Overlord Statement on Pastebin
Dark Overlord AMA on 4chan /pol
At the above 4chan link, they also claim to have information on UFOs:
Q: I’d be willing to chip in with others to see it if I was sure it would be world shaking info. Not something the average person would change the TV when it came up on the news. On a scale of 1-10 how system breaking is the info?
A: You’re the smart one here, asking the right questions. We’d say it’s a 7.5, all things considered. Snowden may have been a 5.5, maybe a 6. More people care about 911 than USA spying. Now, our next release about UFOs, yeah, that’s a 10 mate, but it’s going to wait until we’re done here.
CORRECTION: Fake Alien Image Was NOT Released by Dark Overlord
Upon closer inspection, I saw that the ID number of the 4chan user who posted the hoax alien image (2VODi0RJ) was different than Dark Overlord’s ID number (YQ2Tku13).
Apologies.
Fast moving threads on the chans… *holding head in hands*
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Update: Alleged Alien Photo from Dark Overlord Is from X-Files
When asked for information on aliens in the AMA above, Dark Overlord posted this image. Using TinEye, I was able to determine that the image is from X-files.
Via: Vice:
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.
It is unclear what exact files the group has stolen, but it is trying to capitalize on conspiracy theories around the 9/11 attacks.
“We’ll be providing many answers about 9.11 conspiracies through our 18.000 secret documents leak,” the group tweeted on Monday.
