Dec 032014
 

Sony got hacked… and hacked hard. It appears that the entire company got laid bare.

A Look Through The Sony Pictures Data Hack: This Is As Bad As It Gets

40 gigabytes of data have been posted online… and the hackers claim to have obtained 100 *terabytes* of data. This includes 3600 Social Security numbers, internal financial data, credit card data, passwords, as well as the complete version of the recently released film Fury, and fours as-yet unreleased films: Annie, Still Alice, Mr. Turner, and To Write Love on Her Arms.  Of course, that’s just in the first 40 gig. The next 100 terabytes will undoubtedly have more.

A lot of people think the North Koreans are behind this, as they’re cheesed off about the forthcoming flick The Interview.

Bad as this is for Sony, maybe it’ll be the kick in the pants US corporations need to shore up their defenses. With recent reports that Chinese hackers could shut down part or all of the US power grid, it’s probably waaaaay past time to start listening to Commander William Adama and de-network, firewall and protect our systems.

 Posted by at 12:01 pm