Days later, the fourth episode of their fantasy show leaked online from a separate source, thousands of pirates downloading the episode through illegal means.
As has been well publicised, HBO suffered a huge cyber attack last week, leading to multiple Game of Thrones scripts being uploaded.
Meanwhile, for those millions who have seen the fourth episode, we’ve rounded up nine of the biggest callbacks and references you may have missed.
The already infamous HBO hack — reminiscent of the devastating 2014 Sony hack — has seen personal information about Game of Thrones stars leak online.