The hackers have made extravagant claims about money they claim to have stolen from HBO. HBOs initial response included some pleasantries and an offer of $250,000 (not even close to the ransom demand) as a bug bounty But, as various observers have noted, the material posted so far is vastly short of the 1.5 terabytes of data the hackers claim to possess a single terabyte can hold an estimated 500 hours of video. The hackers minimum demand, which they have said is non-negotiable, was about 4% of the $6m.”]