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DataBreaches.net notes:
"On December 26, in an encrypted chat, TheDarkOverlord (TDO) informed DataBreaches.net that they had recently come across what they described as hundreds of GBs of unreleased and non-public media from a studio located in Hollywood...TDO would not reveal the attack method nor how much the ransom demand was, but DataBreaches.net was able to obtain a copy of a contract both TDO and a representative of Larson allegedly signed. The contract, signed December 27, indicated that the studio would pay TDO 50 BTC by January 31. TDO signed the contract as "Adolf Hitler." The signature of the company representative was indecipherable, but TDO claimed that it was the CFO of the firm who signed. "
According to http://www.coindesk.com/price/ 50 BTC is US $65,984.32
This article contains more of the contract content: https://noise.getoto.net/tag/thedarkoverlord/ as well as links to the pastebin (removed) https://web.archive.org/web/20170428224235/https://pastebin.com/FKZAafQd.
And covered by TorrentFreak https://torrentfreak.com/hackers-leak-netflixs-orange-is-the-new-black-season-5-premiere-170429/
(Score: 3, Interesting) by hemocyanin on Sunday April 30 2017, @08:01PM (3 children)
Of all the media companies out there, Netflix seems to hew most closely to what a modern media company should look like. They don't dribble a series out, one show at time on a weekly basis and then chop it all up with commercials. They don't charge exorbitant rates. You can use it on most devices ranging from a minuscule phone to wall covering TV. For ages file-sharers have complained that "if only the content would be released rationally, there'd be no reason to infringe copyright" -- if anyone gets close to that ideal, it is Netflix.
The hackers should have gone after companies that make it difficult and expensive to view their content.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday April 30 2017, @08:33PM
Because they have money and digital assets that can be leaked.
If Netflix is acceptable for its consumers, there will little-to-no economic impact from the leak - after all, the hassle to download the pirated copy and the local storage space it occupies represent a cost for the consumers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by epitaxial on Sunday April 30 2017, @09:24PM
I don't mind a week between shows. Commercials on the other hand...
(Score: 2) by tibman on Monday May 01 2017, @02:05PM
I have noticed that a lot of those file-sharers continue to share even when it takes longer and the quality is worse. They never had an intent to pay and just hid behind excuses. Looking back it seems like some hackers might have been the same way. "Fight the man" was the excuse and digital robbery was really the reason.
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