Four episodes of Game of Thrones season 5 hit the web

Before the fifth season of "Game of Thrones" started on the HBO channel on April 12, 2015, several episodes of the show got into an open torrent and were available for illegal download for several hours. This is reported by Torrent Freak.

The leak is believed to have occurred when copies of the first four episodes of Season 5 were sent to reviewers.

Over the first three hours, more episodes were downloaded over a hundred thousand times. The first site to host the episodes was a private torrent IPT, after which the episodes appeared on the public sites The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents and RARBG.

In a comment, HBO management said that work is underway to find out the source of the leak. "To our great regret, the leak of four episodes of the upcoming season of Game of Thrones was most likely the fault of the group, which we ourselves approved to send them these episodes, "- said in a statement." We are currently actively investigating this unfortunate situation. "

The series is a favorite with pirates. The episodes of the previous season were illegally downloaded about seven million times from February to April this year, thus making Game of Thrones the most popular show among pirates during the period.