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Real Pirates Hold New Pirates of The Caribbean Film Hostage
By Newshub
In an ironic twist, internet pirates have stolen Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and are threatening to release it to the public in small incre- ments, according to reports.
The hackers are demanding a hefty ransom from Disney, says CEO Bob Igner.
At a company meet-
ing on Monday (local time), Mr Igner told staff that hack- ers are demanding a large bitcoin pay- ment to keep the film under wraps. He vowed that Disney wasn't going to pay.
The saga is similar to the recent high- profile leak of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black.
Hackers breached the security of a Hollywood-based post-production company that
counts Netflix as a client, along with a number of other stu- dios.
The hacker first tried to strong-arm the post-production company but even- tually targeted Netflix with extortion demands.
Netflix apparently didn't budge and ten episodes of the still- unreleased fifth sea- son of Orange Is the New Black were released via torrent website Pirate Bay
last month.
It's unclear whether the two incidents are connected.
The hackers that leaked Orange Is the New Black claimed to have also gotten their hands on at least three
dozen additional TV shows and movies and have since released another Netflix original movie.
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