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‘TheDarkOverlord’ shrugs shoulders over Serbian man’s arrest

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A representative of TheDarkOverlord hacking group claims the recent arrest of alleged member won’t stop its attacks. In a tweet posted around midnight EDT Thursday, someone from the group claimed a law enforcement action carried out in Serbia earlier this week did not affect the group. We’ve not endured the loss of any members of our organisation. Law enforcement continues to fail in their hunt for our organisation. — thedarkoverlord (@tdo_hackers) May 18, 2018 Serbia’s Ministry of the Interior announced Wednesday it arrested a 38-year-old man in an “international operation conducted by the FBI.” “The aim of the campaign was to uncover a large number of people who, using the name ‘TheDarkOverlord’ on the Internet, have been unauthorized access to computer networks and data of at least 50 victims since June 2016 and have been stifling US citizen information and personal data, including data on ownership and intellectual property, health insurance, treatment and […]

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Did Columbia Falls Schools treat an extortion payment made to TheDarkOverlord as a dirty little secret?

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If students are at risk of significant emotional damage because highly sensitive information has been hacked and held for an extortion payment, should a school district pay or not? And if they do pay, should they admit that publicly? Last year, Columbi… Continue reading Did Columbia Falls Schools treat an extortion payment made to TheDarkOverlord as a dirty little secret?→

FBI Private Industry Notification warns schools about TheDarkOverlord

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On January 31, 2018, the FBI released a Private Industry Notification (PIN) warning schools about the hacker(s) known as TheDarkOverlord. The information in the PIN was provided by the FBI and the Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector… Continue reading FBI Private Industry Notification warns schools about TheDarkOverlord→

Charities unprepared for cyber attack risk

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Recently, in an encrypted chat, a spokesperson for TheDarkOverlord (TDO) commented to me how their attack on Little Red Door in Indiana is still getting media attention. Not surprisingly to me, attacking a charity that helps cancer patients seemed to generate a particularly strong emotional response among members of the pubic.  Well, that and threatening […] Continue reading Charities unprepared for cyber attack risk→

Montana district hacked, threatened by TheDarkOverlord; offers lessons to Spokane-area schools

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There are a few interesting details on the Montana (Flathead) attack by TheDarkOverlord (TDO) in an article by Eli Francovich in The Spokesman-Review. It sounds like TDO used methods they’ve used in the past and did a good job of covering their digital footprints. I’ve started looking into the Flathead/Columbia Falls incident a bit more […] Continue reading Montana district hacked, threatened by TheDarkOverlord; offers lessons to Spokane-area schools→

Shafer’s attorney appeals revocation of his pretrial release

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Attorneys for Justin Shafer have appealed the revocation of his pretrial release. As regular readers of this site likely know already, Shafer has been in jail since April on charges of cyberstalking an FBI agent and the agent’s family. Those cyberstalking charges have nothing to do with three FBI raids conducted on Shafer prior to […] Continue reading Shafer’s attorney appeals revocation of his pretrial release→

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre makes note of TheDarkOverlord

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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ, saw fit to include a notice about TheDarkOverlord in their Weekly Threat Report of November 3. Their weekly threat report is drawn from open source reporting. The Dark Overlord – Systematic cyber-enabled extortion A cyber crime group called ‘The Dark Overlord’ has claimed responsibility for […] Continue reading UK’s National Cyber Security Centre makes note of TheDarkOverlord→