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Netflix growth goals dented after hacker leaks forthcoming season of Orange is the New Black

on May 1, 2017 | 0 comments

By Tony Connelly

Netflix could see its subscriber base dented after a hacker followed through on a threat to leak episodes from the forthcoming season of Orange is the New Black.

The hacker, who uses the pseudonym The Dark Overlord, is understood to have demanded a ransom from the company to prevent episodes from the new season being leaked online ahead of the official 9 June release date.

On Saturday (29 April) the hacker announced on Twitter that 10 episodes from the fifth season were available for download on an illegal file-sharing service and included a link to the site.

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Source: The Drum