The hackers came to Steemit after two account suspensions on social networks.
Hackers request $ 2 million to release information.
This Tuesday, January 8, it was known that the social network Steemit suspended the account of the group of hackers identified as The Dark Overlord, who obtained confidential information about the attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
According to Steemit's GitHub repository, hackers received the penalty of censorship for breaching the terms and conditions of the social network. The Dark Overlord hackers had made less than five publications on the site repeating the details of their "payment scheme" to release the 18,000 documents of September 11, 2001.
Compliance with Steemit.com Terms of Use responds to traditional practices on social networks such as Twitter and Reddit, two platforms that closed the accounts of cyber attackers before they came to Steemit.
However, all the information on that platform remains registered in the Steem blockchain, which means that it can not be deleted or modified. In this way, the information is censored in Steemit, but the profile of cyber attackers is still available in other pages connected to the Steem network such as Busy.org or SteemPeak.com.
It is important to note that, in different web platforms, cybercriminals not only offer information about the attack documents to the Twin Towers, but also publish details of other extortions carried out by the group The Dark Overlord. Among them is the data of a plastic surgery clinic, which includes pre and post-operative photos of famous personalities.
The practice of suspension of the hacker account was viewed negatively by some Steemit users, considering that it is a sample of Steem's centralization in terms of development and governance. Even more so when the recourse of censorship is applied on five previous occasions, according to the GitHub records.
We must bear in mind that the crypto community stands out for rejecting all types of censorship. In fact, recently a tweet from the bitcoiner Ti Kawamoto went viral, who accused the blog publication service Medium of censoring an article in which he explains how to use bitcoin anonymously. This claim received the support of other members of the community, such as Giacomo Zucco, who said they would leave the platform to start using independent services.
Despite the censorship of your account on the Steemit social network, hackers continue to offer confidential documents in exchange for bitcoins through other platforms, so eliminating the display of content does not stop the criminal activity in this case.
It is evident that the cyber attacks that request the payment of rescues in cryptocurrencies are only increasing. In December they detained a minor for the kidnapping of 200 Twitter and YouTube accounts; and in September the computer services of the People of Midland in Ontario, Canada, were compromised by ransomware attacks.
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