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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.
(Score: 1, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday January 06 2019, @11:49AM
You know, we had a fire at Trump Tower. Almost a year ago. So many people in Trump Tower. Getting a lot of work done. Or just having a fabulous time -- whether it's fine dining, shopping or "sex." Very popular building, a lot of people there when the fire happened. But, nobody injured in that one. twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/950344716637360128 [twitter.com]
And, we had another fire in April. Also VERY CONFINED. Because it's what we call a well built building. No sprinklers. So many people said, "oh, what about Sprinklers, where are the Sprinklers?" I'll tell you, nobody knew from Sprinklers when we did the Design for that one. So we designed it, very successfully, with ZERO Sprinklers. But it's a magnificent design, that fire did very little damage. Because our firemen (and women firemen) did a tremendous job. THANK YOU!