The HBO channel offered hackers thieves $ 250,000. The American HBO television channel entered into negotiations with hackers, offering them $ 250,000 for stolen scenarios, The Hollywood Reporter. It is known that in general, the channel was stolen information on 1.2 TB.
The publication could find a screenshot of the letter from the representatives of the TV channel, in which it was announced that it was ready to pay 250 thousand dollars to the hackers, and it was noted that this would be a kind of "goodwill gesture".
The HBO itself does not comment on the publication's finding. However, the hackers noted that they had been negotiating with him for several weeks, but his representatives "broke the promise".
According to information released earlier, hackers intended to receive from the channel 6 million dollars in bitcoins. What exactly caused the breakdown of the talks is not reported.