The Dark Overlord was recruiting employees and looking for attention before 9/11 data dump
Months before The Dark Overlord claimed it stole a trove of sensitive documents about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the hacking group was struggling to live up to its own reputation. The hackers were perhaps best known for a two-year cybercrime spree in which they took credit for leaking unaired episodes of the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” then for harassing U.S. schools and sending death threats to students in 2017. Both incidents generated international media attention, but it wasn’t long before authorities were on the case, with Serbian police arresting a suspected member in May 2018. While The Dark Overlord denies one of its members was apprehended, the group took steps to staff up in the months that followed. A new report from the threat intelligence provider Digital Shadows, prepared exclusively for CyberScoop, indicates that the hacking group sought new members and methods of gaining publicity. “Do YOU want to get Rich? Come […]
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