HBO suffers another hack

Sorry Game of Thrones fans, it is happening again. First, about 1.5 terabytes of their data were stolen and released online but this time, it’s the network’s social-media accounts that is under attack. I hope they get out of this.

It seems HBO really can’t catch a break after it recently witnessed a massive cyber hack that unleashed Game of Thrones scripts and early episodes of series including Curb Your Enthusiasm—and a mistake by European HBO platforms that gave fans an early glimpse of this Sunday’s Thrones.

The network has endured yet another hack, this time of its Twitter and Facebook pages.  

According to report by Variety, hackers took over the accounts on Wednesday night, sending out a message just to show they had managed to get in.

The report also add that these hackers are a different group than the original crew that first attacked and is still trying to devastate HBO.

The social media hackers are part of a group called OurMine. They’re a collective known for general peacocking, and their previous work puts HBO in good company: the group has already wormed its way into the Twitter accounts of Netflix, Marvel, and Google.

Fortunately, they appear not to have leaked any HBO information, instead preferring to tweet this message:

Hi, OurMine are here, we are just testing your security, HBO team please contact us to upgrade the security – ourmine .org -> Contact.

HBO later said in a statement to vanity Fair;

The infringement on our social media accounts was recognized and rectified quickly.

Variety’s Andrew Wallenstein managed to grab a screenshot of the tweet before HBO removed it from their account.

BREAKING: Yet another hack problem for HBO tonight...this time to it's social media accounts https://t.co/oCRuBsqx1e pic.twitter.com/AM1g7dHL0E

— Andrew Wallenstein (@awallenstein) August 17, 2017