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Hackers Threaten to Release Copy of "Pirates of the Carribean 5"

posted by on Tuesday May 16 2017, @07:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the because-it's-just-that-good dept.

takyon writes:

Hackers have obtained a copy of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and are threatening to release portions of it unless Disney pays a Bitcoin ransom:

Although Iger did not mention the movie by name during the meeting, Deadline reports that it's a copy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.'

[...] The "ransom" demand from the hacker is reminiscent of another prominent entertainment industry leak, where the requested amount of Bitcoin was not paid. Just a few weeks ago a group calling itself TheDarkOverlord (TDO) published the premiere episode of the fifth season of Netflix's Orange is The New Black, followed by nine more episodes a few hours later.

[...] There is no indication that the previous and threatened leaks are related in any way. TorrentFreak has seen a list of movies and TV-shows TDO said they have in their possession, but the upcoming 'Pirates' movie isn't among them.

Disney has refused to pay a ransom and is cooperating with the FBI.

Previously: Claim: Hackers Leak 'Orange is the New Black' after Netflix Did Not Pay Ransom

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday May 16 2017, @07:41PM (3 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Tuesday May 16 2017, @07:41PM (#510698) Journal

    Yep, it looks born out of a brainstorming session right after the windows ransomware hit the news.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by maxwell demon on Tuesday May 16 2017, @07:55PM (2 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Tuesday May 16 2017, @07:55PM (#510708) Journal

    That explains why Disney won't pay: They hope that the hackers release the movie, so they can download a copy to replace the one that got encrypted by the ransomware, so they can avoid paying for the decryption key. ;-)

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    • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @03:14AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @03:14AM (#510903)

      Yeah, there's a movie plot in this.

      But we can do better. The young, sexy director is trying to get hackers to release the director's cut, so that she can get her artistic vision out against the soulless studio moneymen!

      Fight the POWER, sister!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @09:10PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @09:10PM (#511390)

      You - Are - Genius

      So their own movie is held in ransom, but they can get a replacement from the torrent. Genius!