Subject: RE: MLP Movie Leak
From: "Matlach, Nicholas" <[email-masked]>
To: "Curtis, Jeff" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Gianetti, Ed" <[email-masked]>, "Rostami, Aldo" <[email-masked]>, "Corral, Lisa" <[email-masked]>, "Paterson, Amy" <[email-masked]>, "Fantini, Rob" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:53:38 -0400

Hi Jeff,

It is uploading now. 30+ min transfer time.

Thanks,

Nick

Nicholas Matlach

D: 401-548-7997

M: 401-215-7183

From: Curtis, Jeff

Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:21 AM

To: Matlach, Nicholas <[email-masked]>

Cc: Gianetti, Ed <[email-masked]>; Rostami, Aldo <[email-masked]>; Corral, Lisa <[email-masked]>; Paterson, Amy <[email-masked]>; Fantini, Rob <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Nick,

Apologize for delayed reply. Was wrapped up in meetings in Dublin on Thursday, and spent the day yesterday sight seeing and trying to find my long lost great great great great grandfather ;)

Yes, I believe we have a file that is essentially the same as the file leaked. Were you able to download the ‘MLP.The.Movie.Original.DNxHD175x.VC-3.mov’ file? If so, would you send it to me via Signiant so we can inspect?

Best,

—

Jeff Curtis

Director of Distribution and Creative Services

Hasbro Studios

3333 Empire Ave. Suite 500

Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 478-4803 Office

(818) 307-9739 Cell

From: "Matlach, Nicholas" <[email-masked]>

Date: Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:44 PM

To: Jeff Curtis <[email-masked]>

Cc: "Gianetti, Ed" <[email-masked]>, Aldo Rostami <[email-masked]>, Lisa Corral <[email-masked]>,
"Paterson, Amy" <[email-masked]>, "Fantini, Rob" <[email-masked]>

Subject: RE: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Jeff,

Do any of the versions that you have in the folder have the same resolution, codec, and size?

Thanks,

Nick

Nicholas Matlach

D: 401-548-7997

M: 401-215-7183

From: Curtis, Jeff

Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 11:25 AM

To: Matlach, Nicholas <[email-masked]>

Cc: Gianetti, Ed <[email-masked]>; Rostami, Aldo <[email-masked]>; Corral, Lisa <[email-masked]>;
Paterson, Amy <[email-masked]>; Fantini, Rob <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Nick,

We checked the entire MLP Feature folder and do not have anything with that file name.

Jeff

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 12, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Matlach, Nicholas <[email-masked]> wrote:

Hi Jeff,

We have another much higher quality version of the movie that was found by Lionsgate online. It appears to have an original file name of MLP.The.Movie.Original.DNxHD175x.VC-3.mov and
is 126GB in size. Below is the codec and resolution.

It contains the same 8 second countdown with the MLP Move logo in the lower right hand corner as the HD version that leaked earlier.

Can you please advise where this version of the movie was stored (if different from below).

Also, given its size, do you want me to send it to you?

Thanks,

Nick

Nicholas Matlach

D: 401-548-7997

M: 401-215-7183

From: Curtis, Jeff

Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:48 AM

To: Gianetti, Ed <[email-masked]>; Matlach, Nicholas <[email-masked]>; Rostami, Aldo <[email-masked]>

Cc: Corral, Lisa <[email-masked]>; Paterson, Amy <[email-masked]>; Fantini, Rob <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Ed,

Server name

nfs://usburisi01/ifs/post

the file name

MLPTM_FINAL_CLEAN_UNGRADED_20170808.mov

path to file

post/_OUTSOURCE_SERIES/MOVIES/MY_LITTLE_PONY_FEATURE/CurrentCut/Sent to Hasbro_MLPTM_FullAssemblyDNXUpdated_08Aug17/MLPTM_FINAL_CLEAN_UNGRADED_20170808.mov

who should have had access (names), etc.

Copying Aldo from our IT department to assist with access list

Thanks,

Ed

—

Jeff Curtis

Director of Distribution and Creative Services

Hasbro Studios

3333 Empire Ave. Suite 500

Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 478-4803 Office

(818) 307-9739 Cell

From: "Gianetti, Ed" <[email-masked]>

Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 4:54 PM

To: Jeff Curtis <[email-masked]>, "Matlach, Nicholas" <[email-masked]>

Cc: Lisa Corral <[email-masked]>, "Paterson, Amy" <[email-masked]>, "Fantini, Rob" <[email-masked]>

Subject: RE: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Jeff,

We want to start looking at our internal system forensically to determine if we can narrow down the suspect list regarding the MLP Movie leak. Can you provide the following information to me:

Server name

the file name

path to file

who should have had access (names), etc.

Thanks,

Ed

From: Curtis, Jeff

Sent: Friday, October 06, 2017 10:55 AM

To: Gianetti, Ed <[email-masked]>; Matlach, Nicholas <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: MLP Movie Leak

We store the movie on our post server at the studio. Editorial people and distribution team have access to it.

—

Jeff Curtis

Director of Distribution and Creative Services

Hasbro Studios

3333 Empire Ave. Suite 500

Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 478-4803 Office

(818) 307-9739 Cell

From: "Gianetti, Ed" <[email-masked]>

Date: Friday, October 6, 2017 at 6:22 AM

To: Jeff Curtis <[email-masked]>, "Matlach, Nicholas" <[email-masked]>

Subject: RE: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the information below. Would you happen to know where we store this file at Hasbro and who would have access to it?

Thanks,

Ed

From: Curtis, Jeff

Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2017 4:33 PM

To: Gianetti, Ed <[email-masked]>; Matlach, Nicholas <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Ed,

See MLP Movie asset distribution tracker attached.

We received a “current cut” of the movie from DHX that was clean and included a watermark as shown in the images you provided. The only vendor that received a clean version of the current cut was Avatar who used it to produce the Facebook
Live project. We delivered them a MediaSilo link and regrettably it appears that it was delivered without a watermark by mistake. Lionsgate partnered with Hasbro on that project and it went out on July 17th. All other vendors received watermarked versions,
or select scenes used to produce trailers, retail pitch reels, etc.

The only other vendor to receive clean HD files was Deluxe Digital Cinema who uses them to produce DCP files for theater distribution.

That said, my guess would be that the screener was leaked from DHX or Avatar. My only other guess would be if someone hacked into DHX or Hasbro servers which is unlikely.

Please review and let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

—

Jeff Curtis

Director of Distribution and Creative Services

Hasbro Studios

3333 Empire Ave. Suite 500

Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 478-4803 Office

(818) 307-9739 Cell

From: "Gianetti, Ed" <[email-masked]>

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 1:26 PM

To: Jeff Curtis <[email-masked]>, "Matlach, Nicholas" <[email-masked]>

Subject: RE: MLP Movie Leak

Thanks, Jeff. Keep us posted on what you find.

From: Curtis, Jeff

Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:28 PM

To: Matlach, Nicholas <[email-masked]>

Cc: Gianetti, Ed <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Nick,

Thanks for reaching out. This news is so disheartening. We’re so close to the finish line…

That’s our HD asset. It has a letterbox look given that it’s a 2:40 aspect ratio within a 16:9 frame. The watermark on bottom screen right might be a giveaway. I’d be interested to know who added that to a presentation, or sales reel. We
didn’t have a visible watermark like that on any of the assets we used for post-production purposes. It looks like something that would be used for sale pitch or presentation purposes, or possibly added by the person who leaked it.

I’ll do some research on my side to see if we were asked to deliver a clean version of the movie with watermark as shown but I’m 99% sure the answer is no.

I’ll also compile a list of clean HD version of the movies that went out to see if we can narrow down our list that way. That list is very small. Really contained to vendors…

I’ll research as much as possible and be in touch.

Thanks,

—

Jeff Curtis

Director of Distribution and Creative Services

Hasbro Studios

3333 Empire Ave. Suite 500

Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 478-4803 Office

(818) 307-9739 Cell

From: "Matlach, Nicholas" <[email-masked]>

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 8:42 AM

To: Jeff Curtis <[email-masked]>

Cc: "Gianetti, Ed" <[email-masked]>

Subject: MLP Movie Leak

Hi Jeff,

Steve Davis said he was going to brief you on the MLP movie leak.

We have sent you the full file via MX for you to review but the opening 10 seconds may be telling as to how this specific version of the movie was released. Can you tell from the screen shots attached
whether this was a DVD release or a theatrical?

The rest of the movie looks like a full quality digital rip of the movie (not a camera recording). Attached is the metadata for the file which may also mean something to you?

Thanks,

Nick

Nicholas Matlach, Esq., CISA, CIPP/IT

Global IP Security Manager

Corporate Security | Hasbro, Inc.

1027 Newport Avenue

Pawtucket, RI 02861

Desk: (401) 548-7997

Cell: (401) 215-7183

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