A hacker in iran behind the piracy of hbo and ” game of thrones “

[Len]

NEW YORK-A hacker in iran is at the origin of the attack, which was referred in the spring, the american cable channel HBO, allowing to put the hand on the script of a previously unseen episode of the series “Game of Thrones,” said Tuesday the american justice.

Depending on the services of the federal public prosecutor of Manhattan, Joon Kim, who have published the document to serve as a basis to the charges, the author of the attack is Behzad Mesri, who lives in Iran and has, in the past, hacked the targets for the account of the iranian government.

Asked by AFP, a spokesman for the prosecutor said that the suspect was not in the hands of the american authorities.

According to the document published Tuesday, the pirate, whose nickname is ” Skote Vahshat “, has stolen the content on the servers of HBO between may and August 2017, including the script of a previously unseen episode of the hit series ” Game of Thrones “.

It also has put the hand on episodes not yet aired from the series ” Curb Your Enthusiasm “, ” The Deuce “, ” Ballers “, “Barry” and ” Room 104 “, according to the results of the investigation.

He demanded a “ransom” of $ 6 million in the form of bitcoin, the virtual currency whose exchange allow anonymity, failing which it threatened HBO to publish a 1.5 terabyte (1024 gigabytes) of content on the internet.

The chain, with nothing paid to the deadline set by the attacker, the 29 July, Behzad Mesri began as early as the next to leak online content.

The case had then broke out in broad daylight, but the identity of the attacker was until now remained unknown.

The prosecutor has detained seven heads of accusation against the suspected hacker, including theft, computer fraud and attempted extortion.