Sony hacked (again), North Korea to blame?
Dec. 4th, 2014 06:13 amWell, probably not North Korea per se, I doubt they have the expertise but they could have hired a hacker army.
Here's the premise. Little Kim's mad at a movie coming out on 12/25 called The Interview, a Seth Rogen movie, where two guys run a popular TV talk show and score an interview with the leader of North Korea. And are then recruited by the CIA to assassinate said leader.
For some reason this made some people unhappy.
Regardless of who did it, the attackers got deep in to Sony Pictures corporate network, pulling out all sorts of employee information, including health care info, salary info, etc. and posted it all online. Researchers have confirmed that the data looks real by referencing people in the files with Linkedin job descriptions. More than enough to do some pretty serious identity theft. And they dumped it all online. Apparently the hack was so bad that Sony IT advised everyone to turn off WiFi on all devices and don't use any corporate computers.
At least this time it wasn't Sony Online.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/sony-breach-may-have-exposed-employee-healthcare-salary-data/
Here's the premise. Little Kim's mad at a movie coming out on 12/25 called The Interview, a Seth Rogen movie, where two guys run a popular TV talk show and score an interview with the leader of North Korea. And are then recruited by the CIA to assassinate said leader.
For some reason this made some people unhappy.
Regardless of who did it, the attackers got deep in to Sony Pictures corporate network, pulling out all sorts of employee information, including health care info, salary info, etc. and posted it all online. Researchers have confirmed that the data looks real by referencing people in the files with Linkedin job descriptions. More than enough to do some pretty serious identity theft. And they dumped it all online. Apparently the hack was so bad that Sony IT advised everyone to turn off WiFi on all devices and don't use any corporate computers.
At least this time it wasn't Sony Online.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/sony-breach-may-have-exposed-employee-healthcare-salary-data/