In recent weeks , both Netflix and Disney have been threatened by movie plagiariser who demanded a ransom in exchange for not leaking heavy tag films and shows . In both cases , the company have refused to pay . The producers of India ’s most successful motion picture of all time were also the victims of blackmail , and six suspect were arrested this hebdomad .
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You may not have get word ofBaahubali 2 : The Conclusion , but it ’s a big deal . It ’s a mythological activeness moving picture that hasgrossed$184,077,677 worldwide . But what ’s perhaps most impressive is the fact that it managed to break through in the US market which has n’t historically been receptive to film production from India in the theater . Baahubali 2 managed to make it into thetop five weekend grosseswhile show in comparatively few theater of operations .
On the same day that TheDarkOverlord leaked new episodes of Orange is the New Black , the Indian production caller Arka Mediaworks Entertainment Ltd was contacted by someone identify themselves as a “ film anti - piracy activist . ” This person inform executives that in high spirits - quality leak of the Baahubali 2 had been acquired by another party that was attempt ransom in exchange for keeping it offline .
The Arka EXEC contacted the police , who encouraged them to get evidence that the leak was actual . The pirate ship supply a hi - def clip to Arka that contained a water line used to place the location where the film had been delivered . unremarkably , this would only argue that Cam River recording was made in that theater . But in this case , the snip was coming from the actual digital transference . So , the culprit had to be necessitate with one theater , and they had to have the encoding key that is used in digital distribution .
After an investigation , police arrested the theatre of operations proprietor , a man suspected of make the call , and four suspect co - conspirator . Two of the men were arrest in 2015 for pirating Bahubali : The Beginning .
In March , piratesdemanded a similar ransomfor Boss Baby . The ransom was paid , but it led investigator to the alleged culprits .
What we ’re seeing is a tendency of people assign their exemption at risk just to be either deny money or get themselves catch . Outside of film news leak , ransomware has become abillion dollar industry . But the monumental WannaCry ransomware attack has been more often than not view a failure . It caused huge problems around the human beings , but the attackers have thus far onlymade around $ 100k . Many victim decided to just not pay . Now , the hackers behind it are some of the most precious people in the public and they do n’t have a whole lot to show for it .
[ TorrentFreak , Times of India ]
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