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There will be a press conference today at 12:30 p.m. to announce charges against Behzad Mesri, an Iranian national, for allegedly hacking into the computer servers of Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO), stealing proprietary data, including information about then-unreleased episodes of the popular television series, “Game of Thrones,” and then allegedly seeking to extort HBO.
WHO:
Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
William F. Sweeney, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at12:30 p.m.
WHERE:
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York
1 St. Andrew’s Plaza
New York, NY 10007
LIVESTREAM:
Facebook @USAOSDNY
CONTACT:
James Margolin, Dawn Dearden, Nicholas Biase
(212) 637-2600