The US Department of Justice is to charge an Iranian man with hacking into HBO, leaking Game of Thrones scripts and demanding a $US6m (£4.5m) ransom.
Behzad Mesri is accused of accessing a computer without authorisation for the purposes of commercial advantage.
Court documents allege he had worked for Iran's military and been involved in a campaign to deface US websites.
It is not known how the accused will plead.
