High-Profile Extortion Hacks Arent Paying Off

Published: May 22, 2017, 8:59 a.m.

This week, Disney CEO Bob Iger reportedly revealed to employees that a hacker had stolen the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and threatened to release it if the Mouse House doesn\u2019t pay a hefty ransom. But Disney, which has enlisted the FBI\u2019s help, says it won\u2019t pay to keep its billion-dollar franchise under wraps. It\u2019s just the latest in a string of high-profile extortion hacks that didn\u2019t pan out. A few weeks ago, Netflix faced a similar threat.