The first of Game of Thrones' Season 8 has been hacked 54 million times in 24 hours

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• The premiere of Sunday's "Game of Thrones" was hacked 54 million times in 24 hours, according to the company. Muso digital hacking badysis.
• It was Chinese censors cut six minutes of the episode when it airs, angering some fans.
• Despite the hacking, the episode breaks watch records for the HBO series.

On Sunday, the eighth season of "Game of Thrones" was the most-watched episode of the series, but it could have been even bigger if more viewers were watching it legally.

The episode "Winterfell" launched the last season of the epic and fantastic drama of HBO. was hacked 54 million in the world in 24 hours, according to Muso, a company badyzing digital piracy.

Muso said the first seven seasons were all among the 25 most pirated television show seasons. months, probably because viewers are watching or catching up on the show before the finale.

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"Whatever the reason , the piracy figures for the first 24 hours of the episode show that these hearings can not and should not be ignored, "said Muso CEO Andy Chatterley in a statement. "Despite significant global efforts to combat piracy in recent years, these data show that consumers are still being pushed to unlicensed sources to find content." It is imperative that rights holders understand that The target audience of piracy is one of their most devoted fans, and represents a considerable commercial opportunity. "

Despite the hacking, the episode was watched by a record 17.4 Millions of viewers on all platforms of HBO (linear, HBO Now and HBO Go), the premium cable network said Monday. He broke the previous audience record of 16.9 million spectators broadcast for the final of season seven in 2017.

This was also the biggest HBO streaming evening of all time. The number of viewers on its streaming platform, HBO Now, has increased by 50% over the final of season seven and by 97% over the premiere of season seven on HBO, in down from 12.1 million viewers in the seventh season. HBO blamed Dish for abandoning the network in November after both parties failed to reach an agreement. This could have led to some piracy in the United States, which ranked third among the countries where the episode was the most hacked.

The episode was the most hacked in India at 9.5 million times, followed by China at 5.2 million. Chinese censorship cut six minutes out of the first when Tencent aired it, which could have prompted fans to look for alternatives.