Russia’s Channel One has blamed the leak of the Sherlock season four finale on one of its employees, who it says “non-maliciously broke” the company’s security protocols.
“We would like to reassure our partners and viewers, that as a result of this incident, we have completely revised our content security procedures to ensure that this does not happen again, and we apologise to Hartswood Films, BBC Worldwide and Sherlock fans everywhere who have been impacted by this leak.”
“We regret to confirm that one of our employees non-maliciously broke our strict security protocols,” Channel One said.
Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor demanded that all pirated versions of the episode be taken down, while the show’s creators urged fans not to watch the leaked version.