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