Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-12-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: Hiscox Syndicates Ltd.
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: The Dark Overlord
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Description: TheDarkOverlord announces it had breached a law firm handling cases related to the 9/11 attacks, and threatens to release the internal files unless their ransom demands were met. The group claims theu have hacked several insurers and legal firms including Hiscox Syndicates Ltd, Lloyds of London, and Silverstein Properties. To provide evidence, the group publishes the link to a 10GB archive.