HBO hackers release Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes

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HBO reportedly offered hackers $250,000 as a “stall tactic.”

Hackers who broke into HBO's computer systems last month continue to release the network's content, including episodes of the return of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is slated to air in October.

The latest content dump, reported earlier today by The Associated Press, also includes episodes of shows like "Ballers" and "Insecure." None of the additional material was related to Game of Thrones, HBO's current top hit.

The hackers have already released a script of one GoT episode, as well as other internal documents, including personally identifiable data and passwords from at least one senior HBO executive.
HBO has declined to comment on the hackers' actions, which it says are part of an effort to get media attention by releasing "bits and pieces of stolen information."

Over the weekend, reports emerged that at one point, HBO offered the hackers $250,000 "as a show of good faith" while they bid for more time.

"You have the advantage of having surprised us," a member of HBO's technology team said in a July 27 e-mail, which was reviewed and published in part by Variety and Reuters. "In the spirit of professional cooperation, we are asking you to extend your deadline for one week."

The HBO e-mail was apparently released by one of the hackers to select journalists on Thursday.

A person familiar with HBO's response to the attack told Reuters that the e-mail was a "stall tactic" and that HBO never intended to pay $250,000, much less the $6 million the hackers had demanded in order to prevent the stolen data going public.