And though it has not disclosed what was taken, some news reports say the stolen goods may include new episodes of some series and also material related to Game of Thrones. HBO has gone to extraordinary pains to protect the coming plot twists from Game of Thrones from leaking to the public. In its statement, the company said, “HBO recently experienced a cyber incident, which resulted in the compromise of proprietary information. Given those figures and revenue streams, HBO has a strong interest in making sure that viewers can’t get their hands on “Game of Thrones” without an HBO subscription. After the first four episodes of the show’s fifth season leaked, the network stopped sending advance screeners even to critics.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2017 19:18 UTC