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HBO Hackers Post More Material, Demand Bitcoins

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 09 2017, @04:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the will-hack-for-bitcoin dept.

takyon writes:

Hackers that recently targeted HBO have posted another Game of Thrones script and private emails from one of the company's executives. HBO has denied that its "e-mail system as a whole has been compromised":

The hacker or hackers behind the HBO data breach have posted online a publicly accessible link to a cache of internal documents, including a script summary of an upcoming Game of Thrones episode and a month's worth of emails from the inbox of one of the company's executives.

The materials, which mark the first evidence that some HBO private emails are in the hands of hackers, came Monday in an email message to The Hollywood Reporter that also contained nine files with such labels as "Confidential" and "Script GOT7." The hackers also delivered a video letter to HBO CEO Richard Plepler that says, "We successfully breached into your huge network. ... HBO was one of our difficult targets to deal with but we succeeded (it took about 6 months)."

The hackers also demanded around $6 million in Bitcoins.

Also at the Washington Post and Wired.

Previously: HBO Hacked, Leak of Game of Thrones s07e04 Unrelated

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:38AM (2 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:38AM (#550976) Journal

    They have the money. Sure they can pay it. Do they want to.. *hmmm* ;)

    It could very well be. "We got you by your balls, pay or suffer. We don't care."
    And they don't care because they would be capable of another coup and then have the rumor that they mean business.

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  • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Wednesday August 09 2017, @11:19AM (1 child)

    by Wootery (2341) on Wednesday August 09 2017, @11:19AM (#551056)

    they would be capable of another coup and then have the rumor that they mean business

    Sounds like Game of Thrones all right.

    Seriously though, why do these hackers keep making these things public? If everyone knows HBO pay off those who hack them, HBO would be painting a target on their own back by paying up. Would be far more sensible for the attacker to keep things quiet.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @03:35PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @03:35PM (#551143)

      I find myself likewise confused. It seems strange. Perhaps it can be explained by dick waving. They want to show the world how big their dicks are. The <dr-evil>six million dollars!</dr-evil> may be secondary.