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Disney Chief Bob Iger Says Hackers Claim To Have Stolen Upcoming Movie (hollywoodreporter.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Hollywood Reporter: Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed Monday that hackers claiming to have access to a Disney movie threatened to release it unless the studio paid a ransom. Iger didn't disclose the name of the film, but said Disney is refusing to pay. The studio is working with federal investigators. Iger's comments came during a town hall meeting with ABC employees in New York City, according to multiple sources. The Disney chief said the hackers demanded that a huge sum be paid in Bitcoin. They said they would release five minutes of the film at first, and then in 20-minute chunks until their financial demands are met. While movie piracy has long been a scourge, ransoms appear to be a new twist. UPDATE: According to Deadline, the movie in question appears to be the upcoming film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Disney appears to be working with the FBI and will not pay the ransom.
And it's status as a dog -- not a planet?
Could the title be interpreted as a threat to the hackers? I wonder if it was recently changed.
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
Too bad they already misappropriated the term piracy for online file sharing. This seems more fitting of the name. Ironic, given the content of the theft.
Watch for Penguins, they eat Apples and throw rocks at Windows.
If you can pirate a big name franchise before it hits theaters, but we still see huge ticket sales, then we can finally agree that piracy has no real impact on film profits.
no wonder Disney refused.
AKA... Pirates of the Caribbean: Lets Kick A Dead Horse One More Time.
So it's a movie about pirates that's been "pirated" and a ransom has been asked but won't be paid because hopefully the "heroes" will save the day. I don't know if I should file that under irony, inception, recursive and/or funny.
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That Jack Sparrow has been dispatched and will resolve the issue after a brief, but tumultuous, fight ensues.
Caution: Contents under pressure
"Give us the moneys or we show the movie critics how awful it is!" warned the pirates.
In other news, this is the lamest publicity stunt ever.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
I read that in the voice of "Karl Hungus". "Give us the money Lebowski!"
I'd bet the movie still makes record profits.
Who would have ever thought?
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What an idiot Iger is. He continues to outsource more and more of the company and then is surprised that it is being cracked.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
it happened to one of those x-men movie where a pre production cut was leaked like a full month before release it had little to no affect on sales. but it is a first to demand a ransom.
Did shipping jobs overseas backfire?
Here's the tiniest violin, made in the USA, playing just for you.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Disney has done some bad things recently (cough-H1B-cough) but I'm kinda glad they refused to pay. And I have a stronger urge to see this film in the theater, regardless of whether the criminals release it or not.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
Does anyone actually pay these ransoms? I guess that's hard to know as they would probably keep quiet if they did.
At a very young age, I started being interested in smelling stink. When I
farted, the odor was pleasant to me. What others found repulsive, I was
attracted to. After I scratched my anus, I liked sniffing my finger. When
I took a shit in the toilet, I enjoyed the aroma. I became increasingly
pleased with the scent of shit and started liking the smell of other
people's farts and shit. My desire continued to build and I needed more.
I would wipe my ass with my bare fingers after shitting, and sniff the
dirty remnants. I sniffed my shitty fingers for a time and became further
drawn into the unique attraction. My desire grew and I finally touched my
shit tipped finger to my tongue. My sense of taste approved the result
and I licked the turd off my finger. My tastebuds welcomed the discovery
and I was on my way. I reached my asshole to retrieve more shit and dug
for my new candy. I loved the event and knew there was going to be much
more to come.
My very next trip to the toilet produced a solid log that I caught in my
hand as it was released. I stuck the smelly poop in my mouth and sucked
the flavor. Being thrilled with every experiment to that point, I started
biting it and chewing the log of shit. I swallowed my first helping and
was delighted. The more I ate chunks of my shit log, the more I hungered.
I remained eating my shit for a few years and was approaching 13 years
old. My kink life was about to get a jolt of vitamins.
I asked around the neighborhood to do odd jobs for people. It was a good
way for me to make a few bucks. I had a 42 year old single guy that gave
me several tasks. One day I was cleaning his house, he told me he was
going to get a nap and gave me my money. He told me to come back the
following weekend and he would see me later. He told me to lock the door
when I was done and leaving. I was in his laundry room and his Doberman
watchdog was laying on his cot. My perverse urges took over and I needed
to try on the animal. The dog was used to me and I got down on the floor
beside him. I caressed the dog and my finger found it's way to the dog's
asshole. He didn't object my intrusion, so I continued. I rubbed the k9
ass and took a sniff of my finger. Sure enough, I was intoxicated with
the smell of shit. I carefully leaned to get my nose to the source of the
fragrance. I kept petting him and he allowed my movements. My nose got to
the dog anus and I started sniffing. I was in heaven by getting whiffs of
stink that was not my own. I puckered my lips and kissed his asshole. I
checked to see if the dog would object, but he didn't. I then stuck my
tongue out and slid it across the dog's hole. Still, the animal allowed
my actions. I started licking his ass and loved my first taste that was
not my own. Feeling comfortable the guy (Andy) was sleeping away, lapped
away on dog butt. I was caught up in my nasty actions to be startled by a
voice. "You having fun Timmy?" he asked. I was terrified and pulled away
quickly. I turned to see Andy standing in the door wearing only socks. He
was jacking off his hard 8 inch dick and smiling. I was frightened,
shocked, and speechless. He said, "it's ok, keep on with what you were
doing. Looks like you were enjoying yourself." After a lapse of surprise,
it registered to me that he would let me keep licking his dog's asshole.
I was tremendously happy giving his pooch the rim job, so I leaned back
over to resume tonguing the hole. Andy said, "yeah Timmy, lick that ass.
Looks like he likes as much as you do." I licked without inhibition
knowing Andy was not against it. He continued, "I've never seen anyone
lick a dog's ass before. Is it good Timmy?" I paused to reply, "yeah, I
like it a lot." I resumed licking the dog poopchute as Andy commented,
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smell good?" I paused again, "yeah, I love the way it smells." Andy
pumped his boner as I slurp
Sure, most of us have downloaded a few songs etc.
But demanding ransom as these jerkoffs are doing is asking for trouble, and
I suspect they are going to get more trouble than they ever imagined.
If I were in charge of things at Disney, I'd want to send a worldwide message that
anyone who fucked with Disney would regret it for a long long time, in prison. I respect
Disney's refusal to pay a ransom, that would only encourage more idiocy on the part
of twits who have nothing better to do than try to hold companies for ransom.
Frankly, I hope the perps are caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
And take your bullshit "argument" about this stuff not being criminal behavior and
shove it . Any adult knows this is unacceptable behavior.
How long until some group tries to "ransom" the power grid?
Disney had some in there pocket and indy to get raped hardcore in the 5th movie
In other news, this is the lamest publicity stunt ever.
I think the "oh my god, we had to make Clooney's / Routh's costumes twice as roomy in front as Kilmer's / Reeve's" beats that by a country mile
Pain is merely failure leaving the body
I am surprised anyone bothered enough to download watch that dribble of movie....
Pirates of the Caribbean was good. The rest were shit. The new one looks like shit too, from the trailer.
Lets all chip in to keep this Disney movie from being released.
I'm afraid the studio is going to ask quite a bit more than the hackers to keep it off the screens.
Have gnu, will travel.
FOR DISNEY
STOP storing your movies on internet-connected computers or at the very least, encrypt them. You know what hackers can't steal? An encrypted movie file with the decryption key on a sticky note on your monitor. Well okay, they CAN steal it but they wouldn't be able to decrypt it.
They stated they would release the first 5 minutes of the movie then 20 minute chunks after unless there ransom was paid so with the current before credits scenes in modern moves how many releases do they do to do before they get to the actual movie? lol
I wouldn't pay for that movie either
Nobody wants cams.
America's first orange President gave it to the Russians.
I don't blame them, I wouldn't pay for it either.
As in, Disney no longer has it?
'Cause that's what "stolen" means.
3 days, Jack. I come for my booty in 3 days.
They hire Indian immigrants on the H-1B Visa program and lay-off hard-working American Engineers. Who really cares is a lame Disney movie got stolen. Good riddance.
You joke, but Sony's North Korean spoof was massively more successful after it was leaked by hackers, and obtained global coverage.
Depp is now toxic, and this film was already in the works. Disney will be desperate to get anything they can from this pointless garbage.
The Movie is so bad that Disney Management decided to plant this story to make sure that people go to see it when it is released?
Wasn't there a story recently where Johnny Depp was fed his lines in the Movie through an earpiece because he couldn't be bovvered to learn them they were so bad? (or something like that)
As Disney are bloodsucking leeches of a company, I hope it flops anyway.
I'd rather be riding my '63 Triumph T120.
I wasn't joking on that part. It's an obvious PR stunt.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Even if the hackers were going to make the movie worthless, it's a hit Disney could afford to take. And might as well, in order to prevent future extortion attempts.
And piracy will hardly affect it at all. Most people don't want a rough cut of a movie. And an action movie like PotC needs the big screen. DVD sales are most likely to be affected, and that will be pirated as soon as it's released anyway.
that's a nice movie you have there. it'd be a shame if anything happened to it...
Plus no-one who is going to see this in the theater is going to not do so now that they can see the movie 20 minutes at a time on their laptop.
And also, people who are interested in getting pirated copies of the movies will get one at the thousands other leaks/bootleg/screen cap/DVD-screener/Web-DL/whatever that will pop up in the following months.
Even if Disney *did* decide to pay, and the blackmailer were "honest" and destroyed their copy, that wouldn't stop the countless others.
It's just basically about one more extra download link at your usual download/dtreaming spot.
It's just not worth for Disney to pay.
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Seriously. Disney has such a trackrecord as a bad company I can't even muster a shrug. And, btw., who would want to watch that movie anyway? PotC #5 it is or something? Give me a break. If I had that movie on my disk I would probably delete it without watching, to free up some space. I can imagine countless other things to way better spend 2.5 hours of my life.
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
After all the crimes Disney Corporation has inflicted on the human culture, in the name of profit... Any action, inclusive genocide, against their upper and middle management and the board is justifiable and should be rewarded.
These fucks are fair game after what they did to copyright, imo.
1 .Make turd of a movie
2 . claim it's ben hacked and released thus losing all potential profits. Claim of the insurance , 3. 3 Sue lots of pepeople and write it off agaisnt the tax payers.
4. Profit.
They stole copyright from the world, so one movie in return is not that bad.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
In English please?
And repeating the subject in the text (or vice-versa) looks pretty retarded.
Did they take everything that was done and then delete it from Disney? I'm not sure what the big deal is, otherwise... release it in Theathres. People that planned on seeing it will see it. People that didn't, won't.
If the movie has been stolen by hackers, I'd be pissed!
But it seems Disney can have their movie back if they just refuse to pay.
I don't know what the hackers get out of that, but hey, problem solved.
If you ask me, this should be a news story of the year for "Dumbest criminals".
I wish Disney and its shareholders nothing but the worst regarding this incident!
Publicity stunt anyone?
No good deed goes unpunished.
is that they made another pirate movie. Really, we can't be done yet?!
He said the last Indiana Jones movie was so bad, Harrison Ford is getting raped in the next one.