The Dark Overlord
The Dark Overlord
Screenshot from Orange Is the New Black
The Dark Overlord is a group of hackers who target organizations with valuable information, steals their data, and then demands payment in exchange for not releasing the data publicly.
[5]They prominence after attaining season 5 of Orange Is the New Black. [3]The Dark Overlord's first tweet dates to October 1st, 2016. [0]
Medical Records Hack
Medical Insurance Information dumped by The Dark Overlord
The Dark Overlord listed their first hacks online for sale on the dark web.
In June of 2016, they advertised 600,000 medical insurance records with 9 million details.
[4]With that information, someone would be able to pull off medical fraud, take out credit, steal tax refunds, or get a new mobile device.
[4]The information ended up being dumped online on TheRealDeal dark web marketplace.
In October of 2016, they attempted to extort Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic in Atlanta after stealing their patients' names, dates of birth, addresses, prescription records and social security numbers. [5]Among those included were professional athletes. [5]None of the healthcare organizations ended up paying The Dark Overlord ransom money. [7]
Gorilla Glue Hack
In November of 2016, The Dark Overload came into possession a vast trove of sensitive documents pertaining to the Gorilla Glue company. They claim to have over 500 GB of research and development materials, including intellectual property and product designs, and access to Dropbox and personal email accounts. [2]
U.S. Military Contractors' Hack
The Dark Overlord hacked three companies that were contracted by the U.S.
Military.
They included Pre-Con Products Ltd (a concrete company), G.S.
Polymers, and DRI Title & Escrow.
None of the companies paid the ransom, resulting in the release of several documents and videos that, except for a Pre-Con video showing a fatal accident, did not seem to be of any importance.
Netflix Hack
Threat to other studios
Screenshot from XXX Return of Xander Cage
In April of 2017, The Dark Overlord released the first episode of Orange Is the New Black season 5 on the popular torrent site The Pirate Bay. Netflix ignored their ramson demands, they proceeded to release episodes 2-10 after a lengthy discussion where alcohol was present. [1]They threatened other
studios too, stating:
We're not quite done yet, though.
We're calling you out: ABC, National Geographic, Fox, IFC, and of course Netflix, still.
There's more Netflix on the feasting menu soon (in addition to the other studios, of course), but we'll get to that later.
Enjoy the fruits of our labour.
The victim of the attack has been determined to be Larson Studios, Inc. , an award-winning audio post-production studio in Hollywood.
The following is a list of the media that The Dark Overlord appears to be in possession of: [8]
A Midsummers Nightmare – TV Movie Above Suspicion – Film Bill Nye Saves The World – TV Series Breakthrough – TV Series Brockmire – TV Series Bunkd – TV Series Celebrity Apprentice (The Apprentice) – TV Series Food Fact or Fiction – TV Series Handsome – Film Hopefuls – TV Series Hum – Short Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia – TV Series Jason Alexander Project – TV Series Liza Koshy Special – YoutubeRed Lucha Underground – TV Series Lucky Roll – TV Series Making History) – TV Series Man Seeking Woman – TV Series Max and Shred – TV Series Mega Park – TV Series NCIS Los Angeles – TV Series New Girl – TV Series Orange Is The New Black – TV Series
Portlandia – TV Series Rebel In The Rye – Film Steve Harveys Funderdome – TV Series Story of God with Morgan Freeman – TV Series Superhuman – TV Series The Arrangement – TV Series The Catch – TV Series The Middle – TV Series The Stanley Dynamic – TV Series The Thundermans – TV Series Undeniable with Joe Buck – TV Series Win It All – Film X Company – TV Series XXX Return of Xander Cage – Film