HBO’s Twitter, Facebook accounts hacked by GoT enthusiasts

As HBO struggles to stop ‘Game of Thrones’ (GoT) leaks and tackle hackers’ release threats, another hacker organisation has damaged into a TV company’s Twitter and Facebook accounts.

“Hi, OurMine is here, we are only contrast your security, HBO organisation greatfully hit us to ascent a confidence – ourmine.org – Contact,” review a summary on both amicable platforms, Variety reported on Thursday. OurMine has in a past damaged into high-profile Twitter accounts including those of Netflix, Sony and Marvel. It has also hacked into Twitter handles of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Niantic conduct John Hanke and Evan Williams, a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter. According to Variety, in serve to holding over a categorical accounts during HBO, a Twitter criticism for ‘Game of Thrones’ was also exploited.

“HBO managed to dumpy a offending tweets shortly after they were posted,” a news said, adding an HBO orator declined to comment. Earlier, an arriving part of a seventh deteriorate of renouned anticipation play TV array ‘GoT’ was incidentally promote in Spain on Wednesday, 4 days before a strange scheduled telecast.

The sixth part of a deteriorate was reportedly accessible on-demand to subscribers by HBO Spain for one hour before being removed, media reports said. Footage from a part was posted on Reddit around YouTube, Instagram, Twitch and other streaming services, before being taken down.

In India, roughly 10 days after a unreleased Episode 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’ (GoT) Season 7 was leaked, Maharashtra Police arrested 4 people who were concerned in a placement of a element per a HBO’s marquee show.The episode, scheduled to be aired for observation in a US on Aug 6 and India on Aug 7, was leaked online from Star India. On Aug 4, mobile comparison website ‘Smartprix’ speckled a approach couple to a MP4 of a part during Star India’s possess placement site.

Later, people started downloading ‘GoT’ Episode 4 and pity a shave with friends on several amicable media platforms. In a bid to enclose serve leaks from a organisation of hackers, HBO reportedly offering to compensate $250,000 to a hackers who stole scarcely 1.5TB data, including scripts of ‘Game of Thrones’ (GoT) and other worker information, from a TV network.

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