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23 Dec 2014, 8:45 am by Rakesh Madhava
Factual Background In late November, the first reports of an attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) became public. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 2:10 pm by Dan Goodin
The highly destructive malware believed to have hit the networks of Sony Pictures Entertainment contained a cocktail of malicious components designed to wreak havoc on infected networks, according to new technical details released by federal officials who work with private sector security professionals. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 11:55 am by Megan Geuss
At the president's end-of-year speech on Friday afternoon, Barak Obama acknowledged the FBI's report claiming that North Korea was behind the November hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and confirmed that the US would lay blame on the isolated nation for Sony's hack. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 10:47 am by Sean Gallagher
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Washington press office has issued an update on the investigation into the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, including the conclusion that North Korea was behind it. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 10:28 am by Bruce Schneier
The former opens: Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Peace hacked into Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems and began revealing many of the Hollywood studio’s best-kept secrets, from details about unreleased movies to embarrassing emails (notably some racist notes from Sony bigwigs about President Barack Obama’s presumed movie-watching preferences) to the personnel data of employees, including salaries… [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 8:18 am by Sean Gallagher
In a message sent to company executives, someone claiming to represent the hacker group calling itself the Guardians of Peace has given Sony Pictures Entertainment the go-ahead to release the film The Interview—with some minor caveats. [read post]
“The scope of [the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)] attack differs from any we have responded to in the past, as its purpose was to both destroy property and release confidential information to the public…. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 10:32 am by Jim Calloway
(Although Sony is a Japan-based corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is headquartered in the U.S.) [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 10:01 am by Bill Otis
As an arts and entertainment company, Sony Pictures has better reason than most to understand the importance of creative freedom, especially when that creation carries a political character. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 7:28 am
".... the entertainment company announced it was pulling the release of the film The Interview. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 7:12 am by Dan Goodin
Sony Pictures Entertainment's (SPE) computer hygiene in the years leading up to last month's hack was breathtakingly sloppy, with the movie studio's CEO regularly being reminded of e-mail, banking, and travel passwords in plaintext e-mails, according to an Associated Press report published Thursday. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 11:44 am by Above the Law
Fox Rothschild partner Scott Vernick recently appeared as a guest on the Willis Report to discuss the fallout of the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 1:44 pm by Ray Frager
(AP) A lawyer representing Sony Pictures Entertainment is warning news organizations not to publish details of company files leaked by hackers in one of the largest digital breaches ever against an American company. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 11:33 am by Tom Smith
Sony Pictures Entertainment has demanded that news organizations stop the publishing of private information from what is shaping up to be one of the most devastating corporate hacks of all time. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 4:00 pm by Sean Gallagher
That’s not just what happened to Sony Pictures Entertainment in late November—it’s also what happened to Las Vegas Sands Corp., owners of the Sands, Venetian and Palazzo hotels and casinos in a cyber attack that began last January. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 2:40 pm by Dan Goodin
The malware that thoroughly penetrated Sony Pictures Entertainment was so sophisticated it likely would have worked against nine out of 10 security defenses available to companies, a top FBI official told members of Congress. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 12:20 pm by Sean Gallagher
Those trying to download files and films from the recent Sony Pictures Entertainment leak are being widely frustrated thanks to a large number of Torrent filesharing nodes that advertise fake “seeds. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 7:21 am by Sean Gallagher
The latest data leaked from Sony Pictures Entertainment by hackers reveals that Sony executives had accused Netflix of breaching its licensing contract for Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shows by allowing customers in foreign markets to use virtual private networks to stream them, calling it piracy that is “semi-sanctioned by Netflix. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 10:38 am by Kevin LaCroix
  *****************************************************   “The scope of [the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)] attack differs from any we have responded to in the past, as its purpose was to both destroy property and release confidential information to the public….The bottom line is that this was an unparalleled and well planned crime, carried out by an organized group, for which neither SPE nor other companies could have been fully prepared. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 8:11 am by Elizabeth Litten
Fox Rothschild partner Scott Vernick recently appeared as a guest on the Willis Report to discuss fallout of the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment. [read post]