Game of Thrones stars' personal details leaked as HBO hackers demand ransom
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#2YP7N)
Group tells company CEO to pay multimillion-dollar ransom or else risk 1.5TB of shows and confidential corporate data being released online
Hackers of US television network HBO have released personal phone numbers of Game of Thrones actors, emails and scripts in the latest dump of data stolen from the company, and are demanding a multimillion-dollar ransom to prevent the release of whole TV shows and further emails.
In a five-minute video letter from somebody calling themselves "Mr Smith" to HBO chief executive Richard Plepler, the hackers told the company to pay within three days or they would put online the HBO shows and confidential corporate data they claim to have stolen.
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