India, July 31 -- Netflix is facing a lawsuit for allegedly losing an unencrypted version of a $45 million thriller starring Nicolas Cage, which took seven years to create, thereby putting the unreleased film at risk of piracy and leaks.

The legal action, which demands $105 million in compensation, was initiated by Op-Fortitude Ltd. and its proprietor, Swiss film producer and financier Simon Afram, who has also alleged that Netflix concealed the security breach. Fox News reported.

The movie, "Fortitude," draws inspiration from the historical World War II Operation Fortitude, an extensive Allied deception strategy aimed at persuading Nazi Germany that the D-Day invasion would take place in a different location. This operation depended on...