Disney: Hackers Claim Have Stolen Upcoming Movie An Demand Money

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/16/2017 08:28 AM | source: | 14 comment(s)

Disney states hackers claim to have stolen an upcoming movie, this rumoured is to be Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. If they do not pay a ransom, the movie is let loose on the web. I can make a pun about pirates here.

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed Monday that hackers claiming to have access to a Disney movie threatened to release it unless the studio paid a ransom. Iger didn't disclose the name of the film, but said Disney is refusing to pay. The studio is working with federal investigators reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Iger's comments came during a town hall meeting with ABC employees in New York City, according to multiple sources.

Disney's upcoming theatrical release slate include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which opens Friday, and Cars 3, set to bow June 16. Rumors circulated online last week that a work print of Star Wars: The Last Jedi had been pirated and was being held for ransom, but days later online chatter tipped that rumor as a hoax. The studio had no comment.

The Disney chief said the hackers demanded that a huge sum be paid in Bitcoin. They said they would release five minutes of the film at first, and then in 20-minute chunks until their financial demands are met. While movie piracy has long been a scourge, ransoms appear to be a new twist.

The ransom demand of Disney comes only weeks after a hacker uploaded 10 episodes of the upcoming season of Orange Is the New Black to The Pirate Bay after Netflix refused to pay an undisclosed amount. The episodes were posted on Pirate Bay six weeks ahead of the series' official June 9 launch.

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sverek

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#5432241 Posted on: 05/16/2017 10:07 AM

Hur Dur, I have accessed Guru3D user's database, pay me internet moneyz or watch your users gets deleted by 100 records everyday.

delete from usertable limit 100;

Even if pirates did have a movie and actually released it,
people who was gonna pay for a movie, will still wait release and pay for legit copy or see it in cinema.

Edit : Sucks to have employees who leak data....

labidas
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#5432250 Posted on: 05/16/2017 10:45 AM

nice

SpajdrEX
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#5432261 Posted on: 05/16/2017 11:34 AM

Ok, will watch torrents more frequently now, thanks for info

Gromuhl'Djun
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#5432270 Posted on: 05/16/2017 12:10 PM

Pirating a pirate movie? How crass.

They probably did this to cover their asses as the movie will most likely suck and now they can blame the loss on those filthy pirates! (one way or the other)

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#5432324 Posted on: 05/16/2017 03:12 PM

How stupid of a pirate do you have to be to ask for ransom? Did they honestly expect Disney to fall for that? With or without paying the ransom, it is inevitable that the movie would be pirated/bootlegged and leaked on the internet, and I'm sure movie studios know this. Maybe not this soon, but most people aren't (or at least weren't, until news articles showed up) going to be searching for it.

The only thing this pirate accomplished was getting himself that much closer to being discovered.

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