Sony-pocalypse

Sony hack is one of the worst hacks ever

 

In a single week, hackers have brought Sony Pictures, a major Hollywood studio, to its knees.

It's so devastating that other companies are being warned by FBI about the malicious software that infected Sony's computers. A security researcher, Adrian Sanabria, calls it "Sony-pocalypse".

• Leaked movies: Every stolen copy of a movie is potentially a movie ticket lost. "Fury", the drama starring Brad Pitt has been downloaded illegally 2.3 million times.
• Embarrassing: The hack has produced some embarrassing internal communications, including some memos that show Sony employees are fed up with the boring, unimaginative movies Sony keeps producing.
• Unequal salaries: The world now knows that employees are paid according to gender and race lines.
• Personal information: 3,800 employees must be on guard for identity theft. Hackers have exposed personal data on the web. 

All of this has been posted in illegal file-sharing websites, using computer servers owned by Sony's PlayStation Network, adding insult to injury. Hackers took more than hundred terabytes of data, a number so huge that it will take a year or more for Sony to go through it all and deal with the damage. Some executives think it might be North Korea, because of the nearly released comedy, "The Interview" by Sony, about a plot to kill North-Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un.