Sony Pictures nightmare hacking

By now you have probably heard that Sony Pictures has been hacked, and recent reports have said that North Korea is the main suspect for the hacking. Although they have denied the accusations, they said in a statement that the situation is a “righteous deed”, but some new details have been revealed!

It looks like the leak of Sony Picture’s details could have actually originated from Bangkok, Thailand. The attack has been traced and it leads to the five-star St. Regis hotel! The attackers could have used the hotel’s high-speed internet, and if this is true then we now all know where the attack began, but not who did it.

So it has been continuous misery for the company, they have suffered one of the most damaging and embarrassing security breaches in history. It is not just an attack on the company, with computers disabled and a few DVD rips stolen and posted on torrent sites, but it is an attack on the employees and celebrities too. Here is the original hacking and threat:

Hacked By #GOP

Warning:

We've already warned you, and this is just a beginning.
We continue till our request be met.
We've obtained all your Internal data, Including your secrets and top secrets.
If you don’t obey us, we’ll release data shown below to the world.
Determine what will you do till November the 24th, 11:00 PM (GMT).

The group, who call themselves the Guardians of Peace (GOP), made good on the threat and last week huge amounts of information, was leaked. Unreleased films, actor’s salaries, payroll data and social security numbers for more than 47 000 employees! Not only that, but they have also threatened to harm the families of some employees.

What happens now? Well, a security advisor says it’s too late to do anything to contain the leaking, Sony Pictures will just have to hope that the worst is behind them  and move on to preparing for the fallout.  

The horror of this hack is very real even though it could be something out of a Hollywood movie! And no matter who is responsible for the hacking, the next year or so will be a very uneasy time for Sony Pictures, but maybe one day they’ll make a film about it!

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Written By: Christine Romans
Copy Writer at The Computer Guyz Cape Town