2014 — Sony Pictures: Wide-ranging hack of potentially every piece of…
Technical writeup
Wide-ranging hack of potentially every piece of data held by the company, including: unreleased films & scripts, employee social security numbers, salaries and health check results, as well as sensitive internal business documents relating to lay-offs, restructures and executive salaries. Lead suspects are North Korean hackers perhaps related to the Seth Rogen film, The Interview which mocks the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un.
Root cause
Hacked