‘A Ton of Dirty Laundry’: Hackers Hit Law Firm, Threaten to Release Huge Tranche of Trump Documents – By Colin Kalmbacher (Law & Crime) / May 16th 2020
A group of self-avowed hackers have targeted President Donald Trump with a $42 million ransom demand.
“The next person we’ll be publishing is Donald Trump. There’s an election race going on, and we found a ton of dirty laundry on time,” the information scofflaws known as REvil wrote on their blog earlier this week. “And to you voters, we can let you know that after such a publication, you certainly don’t want to see him as president.”
“Mr. Trump, if you want to stay president, poke a sharp stick at the guys, otherwise you may forget this ambition forever,” the cyber criminals added in a direct plea to the 45th president.
The New York City-based law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks was the group’s source for the documents. The hackers at first targeted celebrity clients of the firm such as Lady Gaga.
President Trump, however, is not a client of the firm. But, according to NBC News, a review of non-Trump-related documents suggests “they appear legitimate.” Still, the group has so far provided no evidence that they actually have such compromising information.
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