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An Iranian man with alleged ties to the country’s military was charged with hacking into HBO’s computer servers, stealing scripts to unreleased ” Game of Thrones” episodes and trying to extort $6 million from the cable network.

Prosecutors claim Behzad Mesri, who isn’t in custody, is a member of an Iran-based group of hackers called the Turk Black Hat Security team and was known online as “Skote Vahshat.” He previously worked for the Iranian military to conduct computer attacks against military systems, nuclear software systems and Israeli infrastructure, according to the indictment.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Mesri with seven criminal counts including computer fraud. U.S. prosecutors have scheduled a midday news conference to detail the charges. A copy of his indictment, returned by a grand jury Nov. 7, was unsealed Tuesday.

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U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday proposed vacating Obama-era net neutrality rules, handing a victory to broadband providers such as AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. that oppose the regulations.

“I look forward to returning to the light-touch, market-based framework that unleashed the digital revolution and benefited consumers here and around the world,” Pai said in an emailed news release. Pai said he had presented his proposal to fellow FCC commissioners, and set a vote on it for Dec. 14.

Silicon Valley firms and other supporters of the rules adopted in 2015 by a Democratic-led FCC say they are needed to keep network owners from favoring their own content and discouraging web startups. Critics say the rules discourage investment while exposing companies to a threat of heavier regulation including pricing mandates.

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On Tuesday, Mr. Rose’s colleagues on “CBS This Morning” shed their usual geniality to deliver the news that he had been accused by at least eight women of making crude sexual advances.

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