HBO Claims Responsibility for Leaking Game of Thrones Episode

HBO admitted that it was responsible for leaking the shocking and dramatic fifth episode of season six of Game of Thrones one day prior to the show’s airdate.

The leak of “The Door” was first reported by Torrentfreak, which wrote:

It’s rather ironic that HBO itself appears to be the source for this leak. The company decided to stop releasing promotional screeners this year, fearing that outsiders would leak them. Perhaps the company should take a good look at its internal policies as well.

“This past Sunday’s episode was made available early on the HBO Nordic platform temporarily due to a technical issue, at which time it seems to have been copied,” a spokesperson for HBO told Variety.

Despite the fact that Thrones has historically been the target of widespread piracy, Variety notes that there “seems to be a lot of interest in streaming the show legally. HBO Now’s app briefly surpassed Netflix’s app to become the top-ranked entertainment app on Apple’s app store when the show’s current season debuted last month.”

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