Description: Refuse to pay ransom... Disney Chief Bob Iger Says Hackers Claim to Have Stolen Upcoming Movie 1:25 PM PDT 5/15/2017 by Pamela McClintock He says the hackers are demanding a ransom which the company won't pay. Have real-life pirates taken aim at Disney? Walt Disney CEO Bog Iger revealed Monday that hackers claiming to have access to a Disney movie are demanding a ransom. Iger didn't disclose the name of the film but said Disney isn't paying. The company which is working with federal investigators is now waiting to see if the hackers makes good on the threat and release the movie. Iger's comments came during a town hall meeting with ABC employees in New York City according to multiple sources. Disney's upcoming theatrical release slate include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales which opens this Friday and Cars 3 (June 16). The Disney chief said the hackers demanded that a huge sum be paid on Bitcoin. They are threatening to release five minutes of the film the first time and then in 20-minute chunks until their financial demands are met. While movie piracy has long been a scourge ransoms appear to be a new twist. The ransom demand of Disney comes only weeks after a hacker uploaded 10 episodes of the upcoming season of Orange Is the New Black to The Pirate Bay after Netflix refused to pay an undisclosed amount. The episodes were posted on Pirate Bay six weeks ahead of the series' official June 9 launch. Several Hollywood agencies have also been targeted by hackers with extortion plots in recent months including UTA ICM and WME.
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