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ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackey

Iranian Nation-State Hacker Indicted for HBO Hack, Extortion

November 28, 2017 by Kevin Blankenship Leave a Comment

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/iranian-nation-state-hacker-indicted-for-hbo-hack-extortion/d/d-id/1330474

 

An Iranian hacker was indicted for an attack against HBO in early 2017. He reportedly extorted the data  for $6 million in bitcoin. The hacker made away with scripts, employee emails, proprietary information and tv episodes. Some of this data was leaked online. While he has not been arrested, the indictment will restrict his freedom

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