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The FBI is investigating the theft of 18,000 documents related to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center by a hacking collective known as The Dark Overlord, according to\u00a0FT<\/em><\/a>, citing two people familiar with the matter.\u00a0 Posting under the name \u201cThe Dark Overlord\u201d, the hacker or hackers claimed on New Year\u2019s Eve that they had taken emails and non-disclosure agreements relating to the 9\/11 attacks that were sent and received by groups including insurers\u00a0Hiscox and Lloyd\u2019s of London<\/strong>\u00a0and the law firm Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, now called Husch Blackwell.<\/p>\n The Dark Overlord said it would sell the documents for bitcoin, inviting Isis, al-Qaeda and nation states to bid for them online. –FT<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n “Pay the fuck up, or we’re going to bury you with this. If you continue to fail us, we’ll escalate these releases by releasing the keys, each time a Layer is opened, a new wave of liability will fall upon you,” reads the hacking group’s demand letter.<\/p>\n “If you’re one of the dozens of solicitor firms who was involved in the litigation, a politician who was involved in the case, a law enforcement agency who was involved in the investigations, a property management firm, an investment bank, a client of a client, a reference of a reference, a global insurer, or whoever else, you’re welcome to contact our e-mail below and make a request to formally have your documents and materials withdrawn from any eventual public release of the materials. However, you’ll be paying us,” the note continues.<\/p>\n Images of some of the documents began circulating on Wednesday after the group released decryption keys, which appear to show communications related to the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n The FBI is one of multiple law-enforcement agencies who are now investigating the breach, according to\u00a0FT.\u00a0<\/em>The Dark Overlord, meanwhile, says that it has been under investigation for years, and that it had also gathered other information from Lloyd’s and Silverstein Properties – founded\u00a0by former WTC owner Larry Silverstein.<\/p>\n Hiscox insurance said it became aware of the hack last April.<\/p>\n “The law firm\u2019s systems are not connected to Hiscox\u2019s IT infrastructure and Hiscox\u2019s own systems were unaffected by this incident,” said a Hiscox spokesperson. “One of the cases the law firm handled for Hiscox and other insurers related to litigation arising from the events of 9\/11, and we believe that information relating to this was stolen during that breach.”<\/p>\n “We will continue to work with law enforcement in both the UK and US on this matter,” added the spokesperson.<\/p>\n The September 11 attacks cost the insurance industry the equivalent of $45bn in 2017 terms, according to the Insurance Information Institute, and led to years of litigation over who should bear the cost.<\/p>\n Both Hiscox and Lloyd\u2019s have expanded heavily into cyber insurance in recent years, selling protection against the costs of dealing with cyber attacks.<\/p>\n Husch Blackwell said it had not been hacked: \u201cSeveral documents bearing the letterhead of a predecessor law firm to Husch Blackwell were made public earlier this week by a cyber terrorist group,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter a thorough review Husch Blackwell can confirm that no documents were obtained from Husch Blackwell and that there was no unauthorised access to Husch Blackwell systems, client files, documents or data.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0–FT<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A spokesperson for Lloyd’s said it had no evidence of a breach of their systems, and said in a statement “Lloyd\u2019s will continue to monitor the situation closely, including working with managing agents targeted by the hacker group.”<\/p>\n Silverstein Properties says that the company is investigating the claims, and that “e are aware of claims of alleged security breaches at firms involved in the five-year insurance litigation following the attacks of 9\/11,” adding “To date, we have found no evidence to support a security breach at our company.\u00a0We have spent the last 17 years fulfilling our obligation to deliver a magnificent and fully rebuilt World Trade Center. We will not be distracted by 9\/11 conspiracy theories<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n