EPISODE · Aug 2, 2017 · 4 MIN
Hack Brief: HBO Shows and a Game of Thrones Script Land Online
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
This weekend, the same email landed in the inboxes of an untold number of entertainment journalists. “1.5 TB of HBO data just leaked!!!” screamed the subject header, while the email itself, addressed "to all mankind," promised “the greatest leak of space era,” and a link to a site that hosts unreleased an Game of Thrones script, not-yet-aired episodes of Ballers and Insecure, Room 104, and Barry. According the hackers, there’s plenty more where that came from. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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This weekend, the same email landed in the inboxes of an untold number of entertainment journalists. “1.5 TB of HBO data just leaked!!!” screamed the subject header, while the email itself, addressed "to all mankind," promised “the greatest leak of space era,” and a link to a site that hosts unreleased an Game of Thrones script, not-yet-aired episodes of Ballers and Insecure, Room 104, and Barry. According the hackers, there’s plenty more where that came from.
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