If you’re a follower of HBO’s popular TV series called Game of Thrones, it’s bound to be part of the series as a result of the hacking of the network’s plans last summer and, as a result, pre-release. As you know, during the hacking of the HBO television network last summer, network officials claimed that the hackers were able to steal more than 1.5 terabytes of information from the network, one of which was the popular Game of Thrones series. It being said that an Iranian hacker charged in HBO hacking
During the HBO hacking, episodes 5 and 6 of the series were stolen. After the hackers threatened, the episode 5 of the sixth episode was broadcast 5 days earlier than on the Internet. Now, after several months of the incident, the US Department of Justice has announced that Iran is involved in this and is responsible for the HBO hacking of Iran, and intends to pursue this issue. This has not been the case so far, and this is the first time this issue has been raised in the US judiciary.
HBO network was hacked by an Iranian hacker
According to the Washington Post newspaper, the US Department of Justice has announced that it intends to open and prosecute a number of judicial cases suspected of being Iranians in the coming days and that the HBO Hacking Case is also one of the They were said to have been involved with Iranian people. Many critics of the US government, considering that after a few months after the incident, is the first time that such a charge has been made to Iran, they believe that these cases are part of the political games of the cabinet of the Tramp government and They intend to put more pressure on increasing the sanctions against Iran by conveying such documents to the US Congress.
Behzad Mesri an Iranian hacker charged in HBO hacking
Behzad Mesri, who went by the pseudonym “Skote Vahshat,” was charged with information computer fraud , wire fraud, extortion and personal identity theft, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday in United State District Court in Manhattan. But he remains in Islamic Republic of Iran , and officials acknowledged that it would be difficult to detain him.
During the HBO hacking, more than one and a half terabytes of information from this network, including a number of serials of the game of the throne, and the filmmaker of the series, along with the company’s management emails were stolen, which has not yet been disclosed in detail. Given that the hackers who did it did ask for money from the HBO for not disclosing their information, it does not seem to be the political motive behind this move. It should be noted that even at the end, there was no absolute source of information about whether HBO officials paid money to hackers.