THELOGICALINDIAN - Just afresh a accumulation of hackers fabricated off with 15TB of abstracts from servers endemic by the cable television arrangement HBO The thieves managed to aperture a few unaired episodes of the networks aboriginal shows and a Game of Thrones calligraphy from this Sundays new adventure According to letters the hackers appetite a absolute of 75M in bitcoin for the accumulation of abstracts or abroad they will boring absolution a abundance of HBOs unreleased shows
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HBO Looks to Acquire $250,000 Worth of Bitcoin to Pay Off Extortionists
This accomplished anniversary HBO was compromised for over 1.5TB of centralized abstracts that hosted unaired shows, documentaries, centralized movies, scripts, high-profile emails and contacts, and advertisement pilots. The hackers who blanket the advice from HBO say they acquire 15 actor a year, and appetite bisected of their salaries paid for the baseborn data. According to reports, the accumulation calls themselves, “Mr. Smith,” and they accomplish a active acquisitive companies by burglary admired bookish property.
HBO and Mr. Smith accept been in acquaintance with anniversary added through a alternation of emails according to an IT agent who works for the cable network. The agent says HBO has been in communications with Mr. Smith back July 23 and accept asked the awful hackers to adjournment the bribe deadline. In an email to the Hollywood Reporter the aggregation says that it has fabricated an action to Mr. Smith in adjustment to try and accumulate the negotiations going, stating;
The ‘Bug Bounty’ Payment May be a Delay Tactic
A source abutting to the amount says this doesn’t beggarly HBO will be accommodating to pay the absolute bribe and alleged the move a “delay tactic.” The aggregation additionally anxiously chose to use the byword “bug bounty” in their communications instead of adage “ransom.” At the moment, the antecedent explains that HBO hasn’t been in acquaintance with hackers and the accord may accept collapsed through.
In the video-message beatific to Richard Plepler the cable company’s CEO, the hackers beatific a bulletin with white argument and a atramentous accomplishments ambitious the aggregation pay their bacon in bitcoin soon. Reports acknowledge the abstracts baseborn additionally contains Plepler’s email account with over 40,000 contacts which accommodate the buzz numbers, emails, and active addresses of the absolute Game of Thrones cast.
What do you anticipate about HBO ambidextrous with the hacker extortionists? Do you anticipate they will end up advantageous $250,000 in bitcoin to Mr. Smith? Let us apperceive in the comments below.
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