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It's a case of deja vu for HBO.
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00:00For the second time in two weeks, HBO has seen an upcoming episode of Game of Thrones
00:04leak ahead of its scheduled premiere. A HBO Europe spokesperson acknowledged the leak, saying,
00:09However, a Reddit forum dedicated to Game of Thrones was discussing the quality of the episode
00:32titled Death is the Enemy that has hit torrent sites. The file was described as high quality
00:37and only missing the closing credits. The episode appeared to have spread quickly on the internet
00:42early Wednesday. On August 3rd, the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 7 leaked online
00:47and made its way onto torrent sites nearly three days ahead of its scheduled air date.
00:52That breach was attributed to theft at Star India, which distributes the series in that country.
00:57Four arrests have been made in that case. The two cases come at a time when HBO has been dealing
01:01with anonymous hackers who claim to have taken 1.5 terabytes of data and plan to release it slowly
01:07if their ransom demands are not met. So far, the hackers have released a mix of video content,
01:12including episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm's highly anticipated upcoming season, as well as
01:17Game of Thrones' script summaries and one executive's emails. For more on this story, check out
01:22TETR.com. I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter News.
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