Description: NETFLIX HACKERS MAY HAVE DOZENS OF OTHER TV SHOWS FILMS... The group of hackers that leaked the upcoming fifth season of Orange Is the New Black this weekend may have alsosecuredaccess to somethree dozen other shows and movies. TheDarkOverlord as the group calls itself provided cybersecurity blog DataBreaches.net with a long list of movies and TV shows it claimed to have stolen fromLarson Studios a Hollywood-based audio post-production company. In addition to Orange Is the New Black it also lists a number of high-profile shows from the big broadcast networks including ABCs The Catch NBCs Celebrity Apprentice CBS NCIS Los Angeles and Foxs New Girl. Other showsincluded are IFCs Portlandia FXs Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia Breakthrough from NatGeo E!s The Arrangement Bunkd from the Disney Channel and Netflixs Bill Nye Saves the World. The list also makes mention of a few movies including the Netflix original Win It All the Lifetime TV movie A Midsummers Nightmare and a YouTube Red Liza Koshy special. Its worth noting that this list is by no means confirmed. ABC NBC Fox FX IFC and NatGeo all declined to comment when contacted by Variety. CBS and E! did not respond. Netflix acknowledged the breach in a statement earlier this weekend saying: We are aware of the situation. A production vendor used by several major TV studios had its security compromised and the appropriate law enforcement authorities are involved.The company hasnt commented on details of the leak. Also noteworthy: Some of these titles have already been released by the networks while others are currently in-season. The first season of Netflixs Bill Nye Saves the World for example debuted on the streaming service in its entirety earlier this month which would minimize the damage of any subsequent leak. TheDarkOverlord suggested on Twitter earlier this weekend that it might be trying to extort Fox IFC Nat Geo and ABC next but it is unknown whether they may be in the process of trying to extort other studios and networks. The hackers had previously unsuccessfully tried to solicit extortion money fromLarson Studios as well as Netflix to not release Orange Is the New Black and may have used the release of the entire season this weekend as a way to pressure others to pay up. Debra Birnbaum contributed to this report.
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