Accused 'Dark Overlord' hacker arrested in Serbia
Accused 'Dark Overlord' hacker arrested in Serbia
WRITTEN BY Patrick Howell O'Neill MAY 16, 2018
Serbian police announced Wednesday they had arrested a
man who is accused of having ties to the hacking syndicate known as “The Dark
Overlord.”
Serbia’s Ministry of the Interior, which is responsible
for domestic law enforcement, said a 38-year-old man in Belgrade with initials
S.S. was arrested in “international operation conducted by the FBI,” a police
statement said.
“The aim of the campaign was to uncover a large number of
people who, using the name ‘The Dark Overlord’ 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 others,” Serbian police said.
The group is famous for a noisy two-year cybercrime spree
including hacking, extorting and then leaking episodes from the Netflix series
“Orange is the New Black,” as well as hacking U.S. school systems and sending
death threats to U.S. students.
This is not a shy group. Dark Overlord’s Twitter account
features a long list of threats, claims and brags.
thedarkoverlord
@tdo_hackers
We're now publicly
claiming responsibility for the threats that resulted in the closure of JCSD in
Iowa and 7.200 children without school.
5:19 AM - Oct 4, 2017
thedarkoverlord
@tdo_hackers
With the student directory from JCSD we released, any
child predator can now easily acquire new targets and even plan based on grade
level.
7:36 AM - Oct 5, 2017
thedarkoverlord
@tdo_hackers
We're now publicly claiming responsibility for the
vivacious assault on Splendora Independent School District.
5:18 AM - Oct 4, 2017
The group allegedly took in over $275,000 in extortion
payments, mostly through bitcoin.
CyberScoop has reached out to the FBI and will update
this story when we have new information.
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