The mid of 2017 was the most tormenting time of the year for HBO as several episodes of popular series Game Of Thrones were leaked online before their telecast. 3 months starting from July were nothing but a nightmare as the channel faced a constant cyber-attack.
The officials were perplexed as they tried to find the foe. Finally, HBO has breathed the sigh of relief as the hacker has been identified. He has been charged with hacking into the HBO cable TV network and embezzling information.
All those unaired episodes of Game Of Thrones were leaked by Behzad Mesri who is also known as Skote Vahshat. He is an Iranian national who has been accused of one count of computer hacking, three counts of threatening to impair the confidentiality of information, one count of wire fraud, one count of interstate transmission of an extortionate communication and one count of aggravated identity theft.
He stole the data and demanded $6 million in bitcoin in return. Mesri used to work with the Iranian military as a hacker. He has hacked military targets, nuclear software systems, and Israeli infrastructure in the past.
Behzad Mesri hacked into various HBO employee accounts to stole the information and break into the company’s servers. He did not stop there, he went on and sent emails to various news reporters regarding the leaked data to announce the leak.
The identified hacker did not only leaked the Game Of Thrones episodes, he also aired the new episodes several other shows such as Ballers, Insecure, Room 104, The Deuce and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim stated that he will forever have to look over his shoulder until he is made to face justice.
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