Pirates of the Caribbean 5: hackers threaten to post film online unless Disney pays ransom

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Pirates of the Caribbean 5: hackers threaten to post film online unless Disney pays ransom

Hollywood Reporter says CEO Bob Iger has told employees
that film would be released in segments online unless hackers
were paid in bitcoin

Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
Tuesday 16 May 2017 03.18 BST

Hackers claim to have plundered Walt Disney’s upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean film and are threatening to release it unless the studio pays a ransom, it was reported on Monday.

Bob Iger, the studio’s CEO, told a town hall meeting of ABC employees that hackers said they had accessed the film and would release it in segments online unless paid a ransom in bitcoin, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

He did not name the film but said Disney had refused to pay and was working with federal investigators.

Deadline.com said the film was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the latest instalment of the franchise starring Johnny Depp. It is due to reach theatres on 25 May.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/16/pirates-of-the-caribbean-disney-hackers-ransom-new-film-online

[Warpy]

1. I'm sure Disney is giving their demand all the attention it deserves

It's nice publicity, anyway, for a film franchise that's been pretty much done to death.

In the meantime, "WannaCry" has been traced to N. Korea. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

[democratisphere]

2. F**king hackers are destroying everything and must be stopped.

Security Software is available to stop this kind of sh*t, but it is pricey. Our Democracy is being destroyed and companies and people are being subjected to extortion by these thieves.

[JuJuYoshida]

3. sucks for those who worked hard to make it

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on another note: I had no clue about this lol

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