Earlier this week, HBO was the victim of a data breach that resulted in leaked episodes of Insecure and Ballers, and a script for an unaired episode of Game of Thrones.
Now, episode 4 of season 7 of Game of Thrones has been leaked online due to an unrelated breach. The originally unaired episode was scheduled to premiere this Sunday.
However, this breach was not due to malicious hackers, but rather a distribution partner, according to The Verge.
Star India, the "culprit" behind the leak, has its watermark all over the prematurely released episode, with the words "for internal viewing only."
A spokesperson for Star India said, "We take this breach very seriously and have immediately initiated forensic investigations at our and the technology partner’s end to swiftly determine the cause. This is a grave issue and we are taking appropriate legal remedial action."
If you're considering watching the leaked episode before the premiere, it might not be worth the effort. The episode was uploaded in 360p to Google Drive with a link in Reddit.
It's still unclear who is behind the original HBO hack, or what exactly was taken beyond what's already been exposed online.
As @SYFY put it:
Photo source: HBO
