A little over a week after the ‘The Spoils of War’ – the fourth episode from the seventh season of Game of Thrones -leaked – another episode has now been ‘accidentally’ broadcast. According to The Quint, the sixth episode was aired on HBO Spain, instead of the fifth.
The accidental airing of the episode went on for almost an hour. A screenshot from the leaked episode was uploaded on Reddit.
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Meanwhile, Business Insider reports that the final episode may have been leaked, too. This is speculated to be the result of the July leak when HBO’s 1.5TB worth of data was hacked into.
According to Entertainment Weekly, an anonymous email was sent to reporters following the hacking incident:
“Hi to all mankind, The greatest leak of cyber space era is happening. What’s its name? Oh I forget to tell. Its HBO and ‘Game of Thrones’……!!!!!! You are lucky to be the first pioneers to witness and download the leak. Enjoy it & spread the words. Whoever spreads well, we will have an interview with him. HBO is falling.”
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Recently, four men were recently arrested in connection with the leak that led to the release of the August 6 episode, three days before its premiere. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the four men are associated with the technology vendor, Prime Focus Technologies based in Bengaluru. They have been booked under section 408, 34 of IPC for breach of trust with common intention, and sections 43 and 66 of IT Act for penalty and compensation for damage to computer and computer-related offences.