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11-22-2017, 01:42 PM
Alleged HBO hacker who leaked 'Game Of Thrones' scripts identified
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HBO might not be falling (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/hbo-hackers-game-of-thrones?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), but the mask protecting the identify of a hacker going by the name of Mr. Smith appears to be.*
Government officials released a complaint which purportedly identifies the individual behind the massive hack of the entertainment company that played out in leak (http://mashable.com/2017/08/18/hbo-hackers-social-media/) after leak (http://mashable.com/2017/08/02/hbo-hack-terabytes/) this year. Taunting HBO executives and demanding approximately $6.5 million in Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/2017/08/08/hbo-hack-cybersecurity-ransom/) as a ransom, the hacker released unaired show episodes and actor contract details (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/game-of-thrones-pay-gap-jon-snow-cersei-lannister-hbo-leak/) as the company tried and failed (http://mashable.com/2017/08/14/latest-hbo-hack-leak-curb-your-enthusiasm/) to limit the fallout.*
SEE ALSO: The HBO hackers just sent us the end of 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/hbo-hackers-game-of-thrones/)
It turns out, however, that HBO might have the last laugh. But only maybe. That's because the individual named, Behzad Mesri, is an Iran-based hacker who has allegedly worked on behalf of the Iranian government to break into computer systems around the world.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/alleged-hbo-hacker-identified/)
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Government officials released a complaint which purportedly identifies the individual behind the massive hack of the entertainment company that played out in leak (http://mashable.com/2017/08/18/hbo-hackers-social-media/) after leak (http://mashable.com/2017/08/02/hbo-hack-terabytes/) this year. Taunting HBO executives and demanding approximately $6.5 million in Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/2017/08/08/hbo-hack-cybersecurity-ransom/) as a ransom, the hacker released unaired show episodes and actor contract details (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/game-of-thrones-pay-gap-jon-snow-cersei-lannister-hbo-leak/) as the company tried and failed (http://mashable.com/2017/08/14/latest-hbo-hack-leak-curb-your-enthusiasm/) to limit the fallout.*
SEE ALSO: The HBO hackers just sent us the end of 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/hbo-hackers-game-of-thrones/)
It turns out, however, that HBO might have the last laugh. But only maybe. That's because the individual named, Behzad Mesri, is an Iran-based hacker who has allegedly worked on behalf of the Iranian government to break into computer systems around the world.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/alleged-hbo-hacker-identified/)
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