Hacker group releases first 10 episodes of new ‘Orange is the New Black’ season online

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The latest season of Orange is the New Black (OITNB) is slated for a release this June. But a group of hackers opted to release the first 10 episodes on a torrent site after Netflix failed to give in to the “modest offer” they were offering in exchange of the release of the show’s episodes. The group, which goes by the name thedarkoverlord (TDO), asked Netflix for an “undisclosed sum” and when Netflix seemed to be calling its bluff, TDO released 11.46 gigabytes worth of OITNB online.

And it seems Netflix isn’t the only company it’s threatening to pay up. TDO supposedly got access to the shows from a 2016 cyberattack on Larson Studios, an audio post production facility that takes care of a lot of material from big networks and shows. Larson supposedly agreed to pay the hackers but reneged its offer, which might have been the catalyst for the leak. It seems TDO is thinking of going after some of the other big networks. They even released a statement about more releases coming up. "Other companies in the American entertainment industry shouldn't be surprised if they were too [sic] wake up to a verbose, condescending, and abusive letter in their inbox extending a hand of friendship and (most likely) demanding a modest sum of internet money."

Who is next on the list? FOX, IFC, NAT GEO, and ABC. Oh, what fun we're all going to have. We're not playing any games anymore.

— thedarkoverlord (@tdohack3r) April 29, 2017

Source: Refinery29

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