Game of Thrones episode online leak case: Four arrested in Mumbai

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Game of Thrones Season 7
Game of Thrones Season 7

Mumbai : Mumbai Police on Monday arrested four people for allegedly leaking episodes of famous show Game of Thrones online.

The complaint was filed by the company responsible for storing and processing the episodes for Hotstar app. Post leak an internal enquiry was initiated by the company management.

During the investigation, it was found that the episode was accessed using ID of their employee Abhishekh Ghadiyal. But the stolen data was sent using email account of an ex-employee Mohammed Suhail.

Police has arrested Ghadiyal, Suhail, Bhaskar Navinchandra Joshi and Alok Sharma in the case.

A case has been registered under sections 408 (Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant) and 34 (common intention) of IPC and 43 (damage to computer, computer system, etc.) and 66 (computer related offences) of the IT Act.