A hacker claims to have followed through on a threat to release several episodes from the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black.”
The hacker, which goes by the name The Dark Overlord, announced the move on Twitter early Saturday.
The post included a link to an illegal file-sharing service where purportedly 10 episodes from the series’ upcoming fifth season were available for download.
The Associated Press could not legally confirm the authenticity of the uploaded files.
New episodes of “Orange” are scheduled for official release on June 9.
Netflix did not immediately return a call seeking comment Saturday.
The hacker had earlier demanded that the video streaming service pay an unspecified ransom in exchange for not releasing the episodes prematurely online.
A hacker claims to have stolen the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black,” and is demanding that the video streaming service pay an unspecified ransom to prevent all the new episodes from being prematurely released online.
The hacker, operating under the name The Dark Overlord, has already purportedly uploaded the first episode to an illegal file-sharing service.
The Associated Press could not legally confirm the authenticity of that uploaded file.
New episodes of “Orange” are scheduled for official release on June 9.
Netflix said that a small production vendor that works with several major TV studios had suffered a breach.
The Los Gatos, California, company described it as an “active situation” that’s being investigated by the FBI and other authorities.
Pirated copies of “Orange” could dent Netflix’s subscriber growth and the company’s stock price.
