2014 — Sony Pictures: Sony Pictures Entertainment has suffered a data…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
Sony Pictures Entertainment has suffered a data breach when hackers posted threatening messages on company computers. According to a report the threat began with a skull appearing on screens, and then a strangely ominous
message telling users they’d been hacked by something called #GOP. It
gets more bizarre as the message claims this is just the beginning and
then threatens to release documents by 11 PM this evening.The company has completely shut down all email communications and employees a
Root cause
Hacking