Hackers Of HBO Are demanding $6.5Million In Bitcoins After Leaking “Game Of Thrones”
Home Box Office (HBO), the American premium cable and satellite television network, which is owned by Time Warner recently lost control of their social media account to hackers.
This "cyber attack" hit HBO last month, in which they threatened to release a massive 1.5 terabytes of stolen content from the account.
So far, personal details of the ‘Game Of Thrones’ cast members have been shared, as well as the upcoming season 7 episode 6. The ‘fourth wave’ hack occurred earlier this month. HBO seemed to have taken back control of the account has some of the posts have been deleted.
The hackers then released the shooting schedules for ‘Game Of Thrones’ and the upcoming season 2 of ‘Westworld‘ – which may give away potential plot details.
According to reports, it has been claimed that the OurMine hackers are demanding around $6.5 million in Bitcoin from HBO in exchange for not leaking additional files.
This "cyber attack" hit HBO last month, in which they threatened to release a massive 1.5 terabytes of stolen content from the account.
So far, personal details of the ‘Game Of Thrones’ cast members have been shared, as well as the upcoming season 7 episode 6. The ‘fourth wave’ hack occurred earlier this month. HBO seemed to have taken back control of the account has some of the posts have been deleted.
The hackers then released the shooting schedules for ‘Game Of Thrones’ and the upcoming season 2 of ‘Westworld‘ – which may give away potential plot details.
According to reports, it has been claimed that the OurMine hackers are demanding around $6.5 million in Bitcoin from HBO in exchange for not leaking additional files.
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