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 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:14 pm Post subject: Hack of Sony |
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A Look Through The Sony Pictures Data Hack: This Is As Bad As It Gets
This is crazy interesting.
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One of the files leaked this weekend was a Word document titled “Passwords” that contained an executive’s computer, LotusNotes, and American Express usernames and passwords, as well as Amex credit card numbers, expiration dates, and four-digit security codes.
The roughly 40 gigabytes of company information now available online sat on company servers without encryption, with a vast majority of the sensitive personal and financial files containing no password protection. Currently, the stolen data trove is available to download, potentially placing the information in the hands of any hacker, scammer, criminal, media organization, or curious citizen who knows their way around a torrent file.
The release of such sensitive data could easily eclipse the leaking of five unreleased films, in terms of its impact on the company’s bottom line. “Financially it will cost more to clean up this mess than what they would lose at the box office,” said a movie industry source who requested anonymity because of ties to Sony. “Firewalls, consultants, all that stuff is expensive.”
Sony Pictures employees now face the grim prospect of extremely personal information bouncing around the internet forever. The documents lifted from company servers include email exchanges with employees regarding specific medical treatments they are undergoing, while one disciplinary letter details a manager’s romantic relationship and business travel history with a subordinate. None of the names on any of the files is redacted.
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Some believe the leak might have been the work of hackers backed by the North Korean government, which has expressed outrage at an upcoming Sony Pictures comedy film, The Interview, which is built around an attempt to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korean officials have previously described the unreleased film as an act of war, and in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the country’s United Nations ambassador said the film was a form of terrorism.
When asked by the BBC on Tuesday if their country was responsible for the Sony Pictures hack, a North Korean government spokesperson replied, “Wait and see.” |
This hack might do real damage to real people, it seems. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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I agree, and very interesting reply. Classic even.
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North Korea has refused to deny involvement in a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures that came ahead of the release of a film about leader Kim Jong-un.
When asked about the cyber-attack, a spokesman for North Korea's UN mission said: "The hostile forces are relating everything to the DPRK (North Korea). I kindly advise you to just wait and see."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30283573 |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:27 am Post subject: Re: Hack of Sony |
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This just ran today in the NY Times.
Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/hacked-vs-hackers-game-on/?ref=technology&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
........There has been more than a 10,000-fold increase in the number of new digital threats over the last 12 years.
The problem, Mr. Kocher and security experts reason, is a lack of liability and urgency. The Internet is still largely held together with Band-Aid fixes. Computer security is not well regulated, even as enormous amounts of private, medical and financial data and the nation’s computerized critical infrastructure — oil pipelines, railroad tracks, water treatment facilities and the power grid — move online..............................
“People are recognizing that existing technologies aren’t working,” said Richard A. Clarke, the first cybersecurity czar at the White House. “It’s almost impossible to think of a company that hasn’t been hacked — the Pentagon’s secret network, the White House, JPMorgan — it is pretty obvious that prevention and detection technologies are broken.” |
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slothrop
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Scorpion
Joined: 15 Apr 2012
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Why is it that the word 'hack' seems so fitting for a thread about Korea? "The Koreans won't stop hacking." "Mr. Kim is going to hack today." "Why do the N. Koreans hack so much."  |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Scorpion wrote: |
| Why is it that the word 'hack' seems so fitting for a thread about Korea? "The Koreans won't stop hacking." "Mr. Kim is going to hack today." "Why do the N. Koreans hack so much." |
50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World
https://www.facebook.com/KoreanBBQBuffet/posts/510521399078934 |
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maximmm
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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Who gives a crap who hacked Sony! It's time to place NK under sanctions regardless of the facts. Well done, USA!
PS. this is an identical move by the USA to the one it made in regards to Russia. Sanctions first, questions later.
Still, this is an improvement over what went on during Bush years. Bomb/demolish the country first, ask questions later. |
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