Indian company regrets leak of Game of Thrones episode

An India-based media technology company says it regrets the recent leak of an episode of the popular HBO series Game of Thrones by four of its current and former employees

This image provided by HBO shows John Bradley as Samwell Tarly in HBO's "Game of Thrones." Samwell Tarly knows more than the maesters of the Citadel. Littlefinger knows more than Arya. And Bran knows more than anyone in â€œGame of Thrones.â€ The imbalance in knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Economists call it "asymmetric information," when one party in a transaction knows more than the other and can exploit the advantage. It can be bad for economies. And itâ€™s certainly bad for the people of Westeros as the threat of Whitewalkers drew closer in the seventh seasonâ€™s fifth episode, Eastwatch. (Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO via AP)

John Bradley as Samwell Tarly. Courtesy of HBO via AP

Aug 16, 2017

An India-based media technology company says it regrets the recent leak of an episode of the popular HBO series Game of Thrones by four of its current and former employees.

Indian police have detained the four suspects, but said their motive for leaking the episode titled The Spoils of War was unclear. The fourth episode in the television series' seventh season leaked three days before its planned August 6 air date and quickly circulated online.

Though not related to the hack of HBO computer systems just days earlier, the episode leak compounded problems for the network in trying to keep information from the fantasy show under wraps.

Prime Focus Technologies said in a statement Wednesday that the leak "was not a system hack, but an illegal breach of obligations."

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