Topic: [2019-01-03] Hacker Group: Pay Bitcoin Ransom or We’ll Release 9/11 Papers (Read 229 times)

I almost wanted to give you a merit for your reply right until I read that you also recommended xspec hehehe.

In any case, agreed. The Darkoverlord hacking group might still have to learn more about the cryptospace before making cryptocoin ransoms.

These idiots need to use a better technic as i can't see them getting any cusses that way.

Even if they hide something and if it does appear in public it's an old story for which almost no one ever cares. Most of those who can be responsible for something it's gone a long time ago, and many researchers have written a lot of books and recorded many documentary films on this subject., So it is possible that a large part of these alleged secrets has already been published.

I watch and read a lot about those events, and my conclusion is that there is too many gaps in official reports, and that can mean two things :

- American secret services did not do their job, and all the blame is on them.
- They knew what would happen, but they did not react as needed and on time.

I see only BTC as a victim in this story, and somehow stupid hackers who think that BTC will give them complete anonymity. Even if the ransom is paid, why they think NSA,CIA or FBI would leave them alone?

If the US government is not hiding anything and has said the truth since day one they won't even consider this as a threat. I wonder how the affected parties will give in as they seem to be boxed in a corner here, if they don't pay the documents will be leak but if they pay it is somehow admitting that they are hiding something on top of that there are no assurance that they will not continue to leak the documents. The way I see it this is about unclaimed insurances and companies might have low-balled a lot of client that is why they are now at risk with lawsuits.

I think it's time for us as a community to stop caring about criminals using Bitcoin, even in cases that gather mass attention.

I've seen a title of a report about the same events as this article, except it didn't mention Bitcoin - which is a sign that the rest of the world have stopped caring a long time ago that criminals demand ransoms in Bitcoin.

If there was a conspiracy behind this and they have found links to it being some kind of inside job I would say it is a rather low life thing to blackmail them when they could publicly destroy them with a release like that,  after all I think the people they would hurt most are the family's of the people who died and if they have proof I would say it might be better to release it to allow the family's of those effected to use the info to hold them accountable for it.

This is harsh, and curious that they are requesting bitcoin rather than monero. For something as big as this you would think that they would ask for payment in privacy coins like xspec instead

TheDarkOverlord, the hacking group that got popular for releasing episodes of the hit TV series Orange is the New Black, has surfaced again, this time they claim to have stolen information related to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center back in 2001, per reports on Motherboard.

According to an update posted on Twitter on New Year’s Eve, the group claims to have stolen thousands of documents from insurance firms such as Lloyds of London, Silverstein Properties, and Hiscox Syndicates. They are now threatening to publish the contents of the files which it claims would “provide answers” to some of the conspiracy theories concerning the attack if their ransom demands aren’t met.

    We'll be providing many answers about 9.11 conspiracies through our 18.000 secret documents leak from @HiscoxComms and others #thedarkoverlord #911hacked #hacking #leak #cybercrime

    — thedarkoverlord (@tdo_h4ck3rs) December 31, 2018

A spokesperson for the Hiscox Group gave confirmation of the hack, stating that the hackers had been able to gain access to the confidential files of a law firm that advised the company and had most likely gotten litigation files that were related to the terrorist attack.

Speaking with Motherboard, the spokesperson said:

    The law firm’s systems are not connected to Hiscox’s IT infrastructure and Hiscox’s own systems were unaffected by this incident. One of the cases the law firm handled for Hiscox and other insurers related to litigation arising from the events of 9/11, and we believe that information relating to this was stolen during that breach.

According to the report, the group had posted letters and email correspondence online, mentioning various law firms, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transport Security Administration. They released a link to an archived file containing the documents they reportedly stole. Although it’s still encrypted, they have given notice of their intention to release the appropriate decryption keys unless ransom payment is made in Bitcoin.

TheDarkOverlord is also blackmailing individuals and companies whose details are included in the documents, demanding that they make the required payments if they would like to exclude their names from the documents. The Motherboard article quoted a demand letter sent by the hackers, where they threatened to bring down multiple companies.

    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.

Hiscox has however noted that publishing insurance-related information isn’t going to yield much


Reference: https://www.ccn.com/hacker-group-pay-bitcoin-ransom-or-well-release-9-11-papers/