"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A hacker claims to have stolen the upcoming season of Netflix's hit series "Orange Is The New Black," and is demanding that the video streaming service pay an unspecified ransom to prevent all the new episodes from being prematurely released online... Netflix said that a small production vendor that works with several major TV studios had suffered a breach. The Los Gatos, California, company described it as an "active situation" that's being investigated by the FBI and other authorities... In the ransom note, The Dark Overlord [the hacker] claimed to have stolen series from other studios, too, by breaking into a single company. The purported hacker promised to also release those titles unless 'modest' ransoms are paid..." http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-04-28-20-04-26
"Hacker Uploads Stolen ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 5 Episodes to Piracy Networks An anonymous hacker has carried through on a threat to release “Orange Is the New Black” season five episodes — after Netflix allegedly failed to respond to the cybercriminal’s shakedown demands... 'It didn’t have to be this way, Netflix. You’re going to lose a lot more money in all of this than what our modest offer was, ' the hacker wrote..." http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/orange-is-the-new-black-season-5-hacker-piracy-leak-1202403760/ "Netflix Hacker Also Claims Theft From ABC, Fox, IFC, National Geographic..." http://variety.com/2017/digital/new...m-abc-fox-ifc-national-geographic-1202403699/
"Disney Chief Bob Iger Says Hackers Claim to Have Stolen Upcoming Movie... Walt Disney CEO Bog Iger revealed Monday that hackers claiming to have access to a Disney movie are demanding a ransom. Iger didn't disclose the name of the film, but said Disney isn't paying. The company — which is working with federal investigators — is now waiting to see if the hackers makes good on the threat and release the movie... Disney's upcoming theatrical release slate include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which opens this Friday, and Cars 3 (June 16). Rumors circulated online last week that work print of Star Wars: The Last Jedi had been pirated and being held for ransom but days later online chatter tipped that rumor as a hoax. The studio had no comment... The Disney chief said the hackers demanded that a huge sum be paid on Bitcoin. They are threatening to release five minutes of the film the first time and then in 20-minute chunks until their financial demands are met..." http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...kers-claim-have-stolen-a-disney-movie-1003949
Ummm "Disney CEO Bob Iger now says the company wasn't hacked Despite a threat that one of its movies had been stolen, nothing has happened... ...the only people threatening the world with another Pirates flick are the folks at Disney." https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/25/disney-bob-iger-not-hacked/ "Disney CEO Bob Iger: Hacker Threat About Stolen Movie Was a Hoax..." http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/disney-ceo-bob-iger-hacking-movie-threat-hoax-1202444965/ Weird
Disney assassinated all the hackers. All copies from cloud, digital & physical were destroyed. To bury these murders Disney denies the hacking ever took place. ******************************************************************* My response is joking NOT serious. But what do I know Snowden proved me right before. *******************************************************************
Holy Cow! Who can possibly keep up with all these hacks, attacks, and otherwise other cyber leeching unleashed.
