Hbo Offered Hackers $250,000 Equally Ransom To Preclude To A Greater Extent Than Leaks

Hackers who late hacked into HBO network in addition to stole scripts, shows, in addition to employee information documents, accept right away provided an electronic mail inward which the United States cable channel offered them $250,000.

The society offered the payment equally a "bounty payment" payoff inward which companies payoff white-hat hackers for discovering cyber safety vulnerabilities inward their estimator networks.

Late concluding month, the HBO hackers claimed to accept obtained unopen to 1.5 terabytes of information from HBO in addition to dropped upcoming episodes of "Ballers" in addition to "Room 104," in addition to a script of the 4th episode of "Game of Thrones."

H5N1 calendar week later that, the hackers released some other half-gigabyte sample of its stolen HBO data, including company's emails, job agreements, in addition to fiscal residue sheets, along amongst the script of the upcoming episode of Game of Thrones, demanding a ransom—nearly $6 Million inward Bitcoins.

Now, according to a screenshot of an electronic mail obtained past times Variety, an HBO executive wrote that the society had non been able to instruct the sum of Bitcoin the hackers had demanded in addition to requested them to extend the ransom payment deadline past times ane week.

"You accept the payoff of having surprised us. In the spirit of professional person cooperation, nosotros are asking y'all to extend your deadline for ane week," the HBO executive reportedly writes inward the email. 

"As a present of goodness organized religious belief on our side, nosotros are willing to commit to making a põrnikas bounty payment of $250,000 to y'all equally shortly equally nosotros tin flora the necessary occupation concern human relationship in addition to instruct Bitcoin, or nosotros tin wire the funds equally shortly equally y'all plow over us the occupation concern human relationship information."

Since the offered sum is but three to 4 share of what the hackers demanded, the proposal patently failed to satisfy the greed of hackers, in addition to they accept threatened to liberate to a greater extent than files from its 1.5 terabytes of stolen information every Lord's Day until the ransom is paid.

Although HBO did non yet answer to the late leaked email, a mortal familiar amongst HBO's response to the hack told Reuters that the society sent that electronic mail "as a stall tactic" in addition to had never intended to brand the $250,000 or the total $6 Million payment to the hackers.

The society previously said it was working amongst forensic experts in addition to constabulary enforcement.

"The review to engagement has non given us a argue to believe that our electronic mail organization equally a whole has been compromised. We top away along to operate unopen to the clock amongst exterior cyber safety firms in addition to constabulary enforcement to resolve the incident," HBO spokesperson Jeff Cusson said.

If hackers accept held on 1.5 terabytes of HBO information in addition to the society refuses to pay the ransom, y'all should expression to a greater extent than leaks of upcoming episodes from your favourite shows.

Two days ago, the HBO hackers too released some of the stolen information from the company, including the dwelling addresses in addition to telephone numbers belonging to some of the Game of Thrones show's stars.

At this moment, it is withal unclear who is behind the hack. We volition maintain y'all updated amongst the latest information.

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