“Game of Thrones” is the most watched American show and also has a crazy number of fan following. Everyone was excited for the seventh season of the show, and the fans went frenzy after the seventh season of the show was launched. But now “Game of Thrones” has landed itself in trouble and the reason is a cyber attack. Episode 4 and 5 of "Game of Throne" season 7 has been leaked online, and the hacker indicates more such leaks.
Script also got leaked
A few days ago, there were reports of “Game of Throne's” episode four's script getting leaked online. The script leaked from HBO's office was flooding the internet. But now something else has added more fuel to the fire. If the reports are to be believed then the several unaired episodes of "Game of Thrones," and more have been leaked allegedly on several websites like Torrent. This means that one can easily access the unaired version of the show and watch it well in advance.
Investigation is going on
The investigation is on, but the makers and the cyber crime team is finding it hard to track the hacker.
Although the hacker's alleged account isn't loading, some screenshots from his site portray some download links of episode 3 and 4 of “Games of Thrones” Season 7. And it also displays the script of the 4th episode.
Apart from "Game of Thrones," other shows like Ballers have also been attacked and the first three episodes are leaked. In fact, the episodes 1 and 2 of HBO's upcoming series "Barry" has also been leaked online. Episode 2 of Insecure season 2 and episode 2 and 3 of the new show Room 104 is also out in the online circle. And the important part is that it is accessible everyone and anyone.
Initially, HBO had experimented with their Cyber security and are also working with their law enforcement team and cyber security team.
HBO is now focusing more on data protection and the company has made a firm decision to keep it as their top priority. They even claim that they take the responsibility of the data they create seriously and are responsible for the protection of the data.
As a part of this Cyber attack, the hacker had changed some liners on his site. Words like "Winter is coming" were then replaced to "HBO is falling." And the hacker had also given an indication about the continuity of the attack by stating "To Be Continued," indicating the proximity of more such leaks. Well, the investigation is on and the hacker might be found too.