Last week, HBO's network was hacked, hackers got access to internal documents, and also posted several episodes of different serials. Now the attackers demanded a ransom in the amount of their "salary" for six months. At the same time, hackers claim that they earn $ 12-15 million a year on blackmail of the organizations they have hacked.

His demand in the form of a 5-minute video hackers addressed the head of HBO Richard Plepler, reports Phys.. Org. The crackers say that it took them six months to break into the network of the television company, which affected the size of the ransom.

Among the data that are likely to be at the disposal of cybercriminals, more than 50 internal documents marked "confidential", including a list of lawsuits against the television network, proposals for hiring other companies' top managers, presentations with HBO plans for the future, Almost 38 thousand. Letters from recipients "from Richard's address book".

Hackers claim that their victims were 17 companies, only three of them refused to deal with blackmailers.