The unaired fourth episode of the new season of HBO’s hit series « Game of Thrones » has been leaked online, the premium channel’s distribution partner Star India said on Friday.
(Reuters) – The unaired fourth episode of the new season of HBO’s hit series « Game of Thrones » has been leaked online, the premium channel’s distribution partner Star India said on Friday.
« We take this breach very seriously and have immediately initiated forensic investigations at our and the technology partner’s end to swiftly determine the cause. This is a grave issue and we are taking appropriate legal remedial action » a Star India spokesperson said in a statement.
Star India is a subsidiary of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.
The leak of the episode, titled « The Spoils of War, » was separate from a hack on HBO that was disclosed earlier this week, HBO said in a statement. In that incident, the company’s chairman, Richard Plepler, told employees in a Monday email seen by Reuters that the hackers had stolen « proprietary information, » including some programming.
Entertainment Weekly reported on Monday that hackers stole 1.5 terrabytes of data, including two unaired episodes of the « Game of Thrones » series.
HBO is owned by Time Warner Inc, which is waiting for regulatory approval to sell itself to AT&T Inc in a $85.4 billion deal.
