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‘Eyes In The Trees’ Footage Of Anthony Hopkins Hacked; Producers Refuse To Pay Ransom


The producers behind the upcoming indie Eyes in the Trees starring Anthony Hopkins say they has been targeted in a ransom-seeking data breach.

EXCLUSIVE: Days after Disney revealed that it was investigating a reported hack of its internal Slack workplace, the producers behind the upcoming indie Eyes in the Trees starring Anthony Hopkins say they has been targeted in a ransom-seeking data breach. Producer Daemon Hillin ( Which Brings Me to You) tells Deadline that he has received disturbing and very detailed emails from a Korean Zombie address that said 18 minutes of video footage from his film had been hacked. Hillin and his fellow producers were given until July 22 to pay $200,000 in crypto or the perpetrators would release the footage to the public as well as “Netflix, Amazon, Peacock, Sony, AMC, Lionsgate, and Blumhouse.”

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