The soap opera of the summer no longer seems to end. The hackers responsible for HBO piracy again threaten the cable channel: if they do not get the ransom requested, they will put on line the final episode of Game of Thrones' Season 7 scheduled for Sunday, August 27th.
Not content with having stolen 1.5TB of data from HBO servers, hackers continue to threaten Game of Thrones . If more than one stolen information has since been unveiled ( unpublished scripts , legal documents, responsible emails and phone numbers of the stars of the Game of Thrones series ), no episode has been posted by the pirates.
Episode 4 fled through an Indian channel, when episode 6 was aired in error by a Spanish channel. Doubt is therefore allowed concerning the spoils supposedly stolen by the pirates and the famous "Mr. Smith". Yet the ransom is steadily increasing to today's $ 6 million.
Last bluff before the re-entry?
On the other hand, other series, some of them unpublished , saw their episode fleeing: Barry and The Deuce , but also Insecure , Ballers and Curb Your Enthusiasm .
We do not communicate with the hackers, and we will not comment every time new information is released. [...] The hackers will no doubt continue to swing bits of stolen information to generate media attention. This is a game we will not participate in.
On the side of the chain, one pretends not wanting to play the game of the hackers, as well to confirm or to disprove the information revealed or to envisage the payment of a ransom. On this point, the pirates claim to have received a ransom proposal from the cable channel of $ 250,000. Likely to meet the demands.
There are only a few days left to the pirates to please some fans eager to discover the sequel ( shame on you ), but also and especially to definitely spoil the summer of HBO