TDO's strategy remains unchanged: it wants victim companies to pay a ransom if they hope to keep these episodes under wraps. Most of the companies have declined to comment (Netflix already said authorities were involved), but it's not certain that the group is going to get what it wants, assuming the list is accurate. Variety notes that Bill Nye is already available, for instance. Likewise, the value of the other stolen shows may go down as more episodes air.

In that sense, the public revelations of the breach and its scale might not be bargaining chips so much as as they are last gasps. As with the Shadow Brokers, there's an underlying tone of frustration -- the hackers were expecting to make a quick profit and are realizing they may get nothing. Even so, it's safe to presume that Netflix and conventional studios are evaluating the internet security of their partners to make sure there isn't a similar incident down the road.