{"id":40709,"date":"2017-08-14T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40709"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:37:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:37:42","slug":"hbo-offered-250000-to-hackers-in-bid-to-delay-data-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/hbo-offered-250000-to-hackers-in-bid-to-delay-data-release.html","title":{"rendered":"HBO offered $250,000 to hackers in bid to delay data release"},"content":{"rendered":"

HBO offered $250,000 to hackers in bid to delay data release<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

HBO offered $250,000 to hackers in bid to delay data release:- Time Warner Inc’s (TWX.N) HBO network last month offered $250,000 to cyber criminals who hacked into its computer system, asking them to extend a deadline for paying a much larger ransom, according to an email reviewed by Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You have the advantage of having surprised us,” a member of HBO’s technology team said in the July 27 email. “In the spirit of professional cooperation, we are asking you to extend your deadline for one week.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The attack came at a sensitive time for HBO: Parent Time Warner is seeking regulatory approval to sell itself to AT&T Inc (T.N) in an $85.4 billion deal announced in October.<\/span><\/p>\n

The note said that HBO was willing to make the payment “as a show of good faith,” but needed time to fund an account for sending payments in bitcoin digital currency or obtain account information from the hackers so it could use a conventional bank wire to transmit the funds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hackers did not respond to a request for comment through the email address they used to communicate with HBO. The request prompted an automated response that provided a link to an image of the July 27 note from HBO.<\/span><\/p>\n

A person familiar with HBO’s response to the attack told Reuters that the company sent the email “as a stall tactic” and had never intended to make the $250,000 payment or pay the full $6 million the hackers had demanded to hold off going public with data stolen from HBO.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the email failed to achieve that goal. A few days after HBO sent the note, the hackers went to the media with details of the breach.<\/span><\/p>\n

They released an extortion note and some stolen data, including details about an upcoming episode of the network’s popular drama “Game of Thrones.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Variety earlier reported details about the $250,000 offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-cyber-hbo-idUSKBN1AR16M<\/span><\/p>\n

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