Hackers target families of Flight 752 victims discussing court award of $107M damages

Hackers targeted a Tuesday virtual news conference held by lawyers and family members of victims of the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet two years ago. The family members, along with their legal team, had begun a video media availability to discuss a court decision that awarded them millions. An Ontario court awarded more than $107 million to families of six victims of the downing of the commercial airliner by Iranian missiles. Lawyers Mark Arnold and Jonah Arnold called the damages decision "unprecedented in Canadian law." Mark Arnold would not divulge how the legal team planned to collect money from the Iranian government, but said they knew where Iran's Canadian and international assets could be found. "If anybody from the Islamic Republic of Iran is on this call, if the Supreme Leader is on this call, we're coming after your assets, gentlemen, in Iran," said Arnold. "We would encourage you to contact us and co-operate with us so that we can do it in an efficient and timely manner." Moments later, the Zoom news conference exploded with heavy metal music and pornographic images that lasted for nearly three minutes before the lawyers ended the call. The lawyers did not attempt to reboot the news conference later Tuesday. The court decision made public Monday followed a May ruling that the missile strikes amounted to an intentional act of terrorism, paving the way for relatives of those killed to seek compensation from Iran.<br/>