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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 Entropy on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:20AM (5 children)

    by Entropy (4228) on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:20AM (#550990)

    if HBO is just faking this?

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:02AM (3 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:02AM (#551004) Homepage
    Certainly, people seem to be talking a lot about HBO at present. And mentioning their brand name (viz. HBO) frequently. And if all publicity is good publicity, then lots of people mentioning HBO, even in a context that superficially negative for HBO, would be good publicity for HBO.

    Note, I'm not saying that I do believe HBO are behind this "HBO hack/leak" story, but I'm pretty sure there are some HBO execs who are saying "lots of people talkin' 'bout HBO currently, I think we should just let it run".
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    • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:29AM (1 child)

      by Rivenaleem (3400) on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:29AM (#551018)

      Wow, 9 HBOs in 4 sentences, you work for them, do you? /s

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @03:56PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @03:56PM (#551168)

        I get two billions every time I say HBO! Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

    • (Score: 2) by Entropy on Wednesday August 09 2017, @11:07PM

      by Entropy (4228) on Wednesday August 09 2017, @11:07PM (#551342)

      That and an attempt to make the evil, evil pirates look you know..evil.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:45PM (#551241)

    An engineered leak is not to be ruled out. Unless the leaks are very very embarassing, and who can tell if the leaked material is fake?