HBO leaks ‘Game of Thrones’ episode by accident
The Game of Thrones leaking woes continue.
In an incident HBO is calling an “error,” the network posted the sixth episode of Season 7,
Death Is the Enemy, onto several European platforms Tuesday.
The episode, set to air Sunday, was available to Nordic and Spanish subscribers for about an hour before being removed. Copies reportedly were available online later, according to the Associated Press.
HBO Europe spokesman Tom Nielsen confirmed the incident. “The error appears to have originated with a third-party vendor, and the episode was removed as soon as it was recognized. This is not connected to the recent cyber incident at HBO in the U.S.,” in which hackers obtained unreleased Game of Thrones scripts, emails from HBO executives and other internal documents.
Four suspects were arrested in India for their involvement in the recent leak of Game of Thrones’
Aug. 6 episode, also unrelated to the hacking.
India-based media technology company Prime Focus Technologies was responsible for storing and uploading Thrones episodes to an app, granting the suspects access to the content, according to Agence France-Presse. The company told the Associated Press Wednesday that the leak was “an illegal breach of obligations by the concerned persons despite PFT’s continual internal emphasis on protocols of content security and ethical practices.”