We now know who leaked the most recent episode of Game of Thrones

Last week's leak of the fourth episode of Game of Thrones' seventh season wasn't the first time such a thing happened. The popular fantasy fiction show routinely breaks records for online piracy, and just a couple of seasons ago, the first four episodes had leaked on the same day, ahead of their scheduled release. 

However, this most recent leak created a massive buzz on these shores because, for the first time, it appeared that India is where it originated. Hotstar, which has the rights to stream HBO's Game of Thrones as soon as it releases in the US had actually launched a high-decibel campaign against piracy and torrents this season, but unfortunately became a victim to the very same thing as a complete episode, even bearing the Star Network watermark, circulated online.

Amidst the furore that since ensued, Star India launched a forensic investigation in order to determine the source of the leak. And now, it appears, that they've found the culprits.

As per a report by Mid-day, two employees of Prime Focus Technologies, an Andheri based content hosting company that is employed by Hotstar and also Netflix, have been booked for the leak. The company, i.e. Prime Focus, has since lodged an FIR against the pair.

The fifth episode of Game of Thrones' seventh season releases on Monday morning. It's called Eastwatch and you can watch its official preview here.

Epilogue: Now that the episode has been legitimately released and the cooldown period for spoilers has ended, here's a summary of 'The Spoils of War' - Following on from the triumphant Lannister conquest of Highgarden, Jaime and Bronn attempt to move their plunderous gains back to King's Landing, even as Cersei attempts to leverage it to buy more sellswords. Daenerys and Jon share a tender moment in what appears to be a place filled with lore but all tenderness is lost when Tyrion and the Spider tell Dany she's lost yet another ally. Then, the mother of Dragons acts.