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Hackers claim to have stolen a Disney movie for ransom
- Thread starter StoopKid
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Deadline has Pirates 5 being the movie being held for ransom.
https://deadline.com/2017/05/pirate...-men-tell-no-tales-hackers-ransom-1202094203/
https://deadline.com/2017/05/pirate...-men-tell-no-tales-hackers-ransom-1202094203/
Zeyphersan
Banned
Of all the movies they could have nabbed...
BronsonLee
Member
Bad move, Disney could kill them
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Disney should just push up the film's release to "NOW" and be legends.
Mushroomer25
Member
This would actually be a hilarious publicity stunt if I had any faith in Disney to be that clever.
Seriously, pirates stole their pirate movie. It's great.
So glad it wasn't The Last Jedi.
jack_package_200
Banned
Couldn't have gotten The Last Jedi. Had to be a shitty Pirates movie.
I'm actually glad they didn't nab TLJ
Same. The spoilers would have been terrible.
Maintenance
Member
Pirates getting Pirates 5. Poetic.
I would rather want this to be E8 tbh.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
As a news piece, I think it may just die down and we don't hear much from this except one more time when we know the film it is if it is anything but star wars. If it is star wars a lot of people are going to make a lot of noise.
SchrodingerC
Member
Yeahh, Disney still won't pay the ransom.
Doubt Disney gives a shit then. People will see it regardless, and it's out pretty soon.
If it's anything like the OITNB 'hack', they probably got it from an intermediary like an ADR studio...
shawnbuddy
Member
They're getting leaked on release day anyway. What's a few days early? These hackers have serious delusions about their leverage. Same thing just happened with Orange is the New Black.
Dash_Riprock
Member
Well, at least Disney now has a clear cut excuse if the film tanks...
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
All y'all calling TLJ a Disney movie is gonna cause Bobby to have an aneurysm.
Mushroomer25
Member
It makes sense when you consider the scale of a film like this. With international marketing, and so many moving parts in a huge studio structure - it creates more vulnerable entry points. Your average B-tier comedy isn't being moved around in the same way.
I see why they won't pay the random
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
This is kinda awesome?
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Stole it from a server I assume its the same guys that stole Orange is the new black.
lastplayed
Member
Fixed
When it happened to Orange is the New Black a few weeks ago, nobody cared and Netflix didn't bother paying.
entremet
Member
Movies are stored on computers these days, breh lol.
Everything is digital. Anything that's connected to the internet, like most computers, can be hacked.
It is - although I would never, ever fuck with Disney on this scale. They must have a legal team the size of a small nation's entire judiciary.
Freezasaurus
Member
Ugh. I don't even know if I'd pay $8 for a ticket to see that one. No wonder Disney isn't paying.
Hypemaster
Member
Disney got hitters, I wouldn't mess with them.
LFMartins86
Member
You don't get high quality leaks on release day. That takes months.
youbastards
Member
Parley!
chrisPjelly
Member
Soooo if they fail to get they're demands, they're going to give the movie free publicity?
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I can only see this being harmful for Star Wars. If it's for Pirates, nobody's going to give a shit.
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I can only see this being harmful for Star Wars. If it's for Pirates, nobody's going to give a shit.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I'm with the crowd that thinks this is a stupid move. Disney has changed entire laws to fit their own wants and are up there as one of the most powerful businesses in the world, I really can't see this ending well for them.
Somebody knows somebody at a post house, usually. One of the reasons Disney probably doesn't care too much is because whatever version they stole is almost certainly traceable to wherever it came from and they'll find who leaked it.
Yeah fuck that, the movie already had its premiere in Shanghai. I wouldn't pay.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I bet if this was Star Wars, they'd pay up. Pirates? I don't know. I think the audience for that will see it no matter what. Kinda like the Orange is the New Black season getting taken. The people that care will still just watch it normally.
Now a Star Wars movie being online 6 months ahead of release. That would be a problem.
Now a Star Wars movie being online 6 months ahead of release. That would be a problem.
Astral Dog
Member
I think The Last Jedi isn't finished
Have these movies ever been about piracy anyway
That's why it would've been so bad.
You'd either have to watch an unfinish film with shit editing and unfinished CGI or wait until December but have the internet spoil the movie for you.
When you're a hacker with that kind of ability/lack of morals: why go after Disney? Why not go after some confused old ladies who don't really know how e-mails work? Disney has unlimited funds for unlimited lawyers. You'll end up fucked anyway. All it could do for Disney is drive up conversation about their new movie.