New Episodes of 'Orange is the New Black' Have Leaked

Netflix is being held to ransom.

The cast of Orange is the New Black
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Season 5 of Netflix favorite, Orange is the New Black, is due for release on June 9, which isn't all that far away. But in a strange turn of events, a hacker has stolen new episodes of the show, and allegedly uploaded them to an illegal file-sharing site.

According to Variety, the hacker initially threatened Netflix with the release, but when their ransom demands weren't met, they began to leak the episodes. This sounds a lot like the sort of thing that could get you locked up in Litchfield for real.

Netflix released a statement saying that they "are aware of the situation ... and the appropriate law enforcement authorities are involved," which all sounds rather serious.

As Season 5 of Orange is the New Black may be illegally available online now, Netflix might decide to move up the release date of its new episodes. Either way, it's unlikely the hacker will win against the streaming giant in this scenario.

Amy Mackelden
Amy Mackelden
Contributing Editor

Amy Mackelden is a contributing editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley. In 2015, she delivered an academic paper at Kimposium, the world's first Kardashian conference.

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