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Hacker Group Releases Decryption Key for 9/11-Related Law Firm Documents

posted by takyon on Saturday January 05 2019, @08:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the coinspiracy dept.

exaeta writes:

The Dark Overlord Decrypts More 9/11 Insurance Files

On New Year's Eve, Motherboard broke the news that a hacking group known as The Dark Overlord was threatening to release a cache of stolen insurance and legal documents related to the 9/11 attacks. After distributing a small preview set of files, the group has now publicly released a decryption key for more files, meaning anyone can download and read them.

[...] Twitter banned The Dark Overlord's account on Wednesday. Reddit followed suit shortly after. In response, The Dark Overlord is now publishing its announcements on Steemit, a blockchain-based and harder to moderate platform. The Shadow Brokers, a self-described hacking group that released a slew of NSA hacking tools, used the same platform for their communications.

The stolen data itself allegedly comes from a legal firm that advised Hiscox Group, a Hiscox spokesperson previously told Motherboard in a statement. The previously released documents included presentation slide decks, legal correspondence between law firms, and letters from a handful of government agencies. 9/11 conspiracy theorists have been particularly interested in the release of the documents, with internet commenters and several conspiracy-minded YouTubers making videos saying that they hope they will somehow reveal a vast conspiracy around the attacks.

[...] The group released the data after receiving 3 bitcoin, or around $11,000, as part of its self-announced crowdfunding effort.

Does anyone have a link to these documents yet?

Also at the Miami Herald.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by RandomFactor on Sunday January 06 2019, @12:28AM (4 children)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 06 2019, @12:28AM (#782650) Journal

    The free open source encryption tool is a guerilla marketing tactic?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @01:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @01:40AM (#782657)

    Not just that, but the most widely-used, cross-platform, under-active-development, FLOSS encryption tool.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @12:33PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @12:33PM (#782737)

    Dear it's not free software nor open source. Somebody didn't do their homework.