Hackers threaten to leak “Pirates of the Caribbean 5”, demand ransomMay 16, 2017 - 10:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disney is dealing with online pirates. Just a few weeks shy of the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales", hackers are holding Johnny Depp's upcoming movie hostage and threatening to release it, unless the studio pays a ransom, AceShowbiz said. Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that hackers have access to an unreleased Disney movie, though he won't disclose the name of the film. He addressed the issue in front of ABC employees during a town hall meeting in New York on Monday, May 15. Disney is currently working with FBI and refuses to pay. The hackers said they would release the first five minutes of the movie, then subsequent 20-minute sections until they're paid a huge amount of money in Bitcoin. Netflix recently faced the same issue when a hacker threatened to release "Orange Is the New Black" season 5 prematurely unless the streaming service paid an undisclosed ransom. Netflix also refused to ante up and the hacker released 10 episodes of the new season online, ahead of the scheduled premiere date. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales", the fifth installment in the franchise, brings back Johnny Depp as the eccentric swashbuckling pirate, Jack Sparrow. Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom also return as Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, respectively. Javier Bardem, Kaya Scodelario and Brenton Thwaites additionally star in the movie which is due May 26 in the U.S. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |