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GoT episode leak - Accused did it for girlfriend?


GoT episode leak - Accused did it for girlfriend?
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Game of Thrones (GoT), as we all know, is undoubtedly one of the most popular shows on global television, and lately, there have been few cases filed regarding digital piracy of the show. In a series of events, Mumbai Cyber police have arrested four employees of Andheri based Prime Minister Focus Technologies in regards to the leak of a recent GoT episode.

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Prime Focus Technologies was given the task of storing and processing of GoT’s fourth episode, but the series was leaked three days earlier before the global release and started trending immediately, around the world.

Once the series was leaked, the company had no option but to report it the police.

Among the arrested are Abhishek Ghadiyal, Bhaskar Joshi, Alok Sharma and an ex-employee Mohammed Suhail. As per reports, Abhishek Ghadiyal, who works as a test Engineer from the Bengaluru office had accessed the file through the server password and had shared the same, then with Suhail. Bhaskar Joshi and Alok Sharma helped Ghadiyal in the crime and were arrested on the same grounds.

Police are suspecting that Suhail shared the link with his girlfriend who had asked him for the same. Police are now investigating this angle to know the real reason behind the leak. 

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The company then conducted an internal investigation, and on the basis of the same, Vice-president Shailesh Manoha reported the incident to the police.

A FIR was then registered under Sections 408, 34 of the IPC which talk about criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant and common intention, respectively and sections 43 and 66 of the IT act, which is related to damage to a computer, computer system, etc., and computer related offenses.

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