A hacker (or group of hackers) under the name Dark Overlord published online episodes of the popular series “Orange is the New Black” that had not yet appeared in the official release, after the rights-holding companies stopped paying him compensation in bitcoins.
Last December, a hacker calling himself Dark Overlord stole dozens of films and episodes of various TV series, the rights to which belong to Netflix, ABC, as a result of the fact that post-production studio Larson Studios, which processes audio tracks, used equipment with the Windows 7 operating system. , CBS and Disney.
Over the course of a few months, Dark Overlord was able to defraud Larson Studios of over $50 in Bitcoin through blackmail before moving on to larger rights holders such as Netflix.
However, Netflix refused to cooperate with the attacker, as a result of which new episodes of the popular film novel appeared online for free access.
“It wasn't supposed to be like this, Netflix,” Dark Overlord wrote in a message accompanying the 10 new episodes he put online, “you will lose more money than you would have spent on satisfying our humble request.”
“Basically, they were just scouring the Internet looking for a computer that could be hacked,” says David Dondrof, a senior engineer at the company. “We weren’t their target.”
However, the old computer software cost the company $50, which became an easy target for hackers and a damaged reputation.
Cases of Bitcoin extortion from content production companies have become increasingly common lately. Earlier, Walt Disney Studios CEO Bob Iger said that hackers had threatened to publish the next installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean saga from Disney Studios, which they claimed they had stolen from the studio. At that time, Bob Iger said that Disney was refusing to pay the ransom and was cooperating with the FBI. However, before the official premiere, the film never appeared online, which may indicate that the words of the extortionists were an empty threat.
Source: Bitnovosti.com
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