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Sony Hackers Promise to Release a “Christmas Gift”

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The hackers of Sony Pictures Entertainment refused to give back the stolen data to the company.

On 24th of November, the group addressed the employees of Sony Picture Entertainment. Hackers asked them to tell their names along with their designation if they want to secure their data.  The hackers released the post o file sharing website Pastebin and Friendpaste.

Sony do not have the slightest idea how many employees forwarded their personal information to the hackers.

Unfortunately, the hacking group published the personal information of numerous executives of Sony Pictures Entertainment.  The data also contain the confidential emails of the higher officials and celebrities.

Sony officially admitted that the hackers have stolen a large amount of data. The firm provides employees a 12 month of identity protection service without any cost.

On this weekend, GOP sent another message which includes numerous links. The links shows the sites on which hackers leaked the recent data.  Additionally, the group promised that soon it will release a large amount of data. Hackers said that the data would be a Christmas gift for the fans of Sony.

Jim Lewis, the director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies commented that hacker thinks that they are protected from every kind of retaliation. The way they are handling everything shows how much well-organized they are.

Forensic Experts Reveals: Sony Cyber Attack Was Pretty Unique

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Sony Pictures Entertainment hired a private forensic expert to inspect the huge cyber attack.  The destructive cyber attack that shut down all the serves of the Sony.

The experts reveal that hacker is an extremely well organized group. They created a really unique way to get hold of all the network lines of the company.

Kevin Mandia, director of operation of FireEye used merely three words to describe the nature of the attack. He called it “unique”, “unprecedented” and “damaging”.

Madia claims that the attack was pretty unexpected for the company as it is quite different from the usual attacks. The chief aim of the attack was to destroy and unveils the confidential information of the company.

Sony is also working with other law enforcement agencies to determine the origin of the attack. Currently, the main focus of the firm is to stop the release of confidential documents on the internet.

The statement of Mandia will also fight with the criticism of people. Sony faced a lot of criticism on this incident. People said that the tech giant failed to protect its system from cyber assault.

The statement certainly answers a few questions regarding the attack. However, the statement did not shed any light on the damages of the company.  Investors are extremely curious to know how much damage the attack caused.

Investigators informed that attack damaged the entire network of Sony. It infested all the hard drives of the company’s computer. Hence, Sony needs to repair or replace them in order to continue the work.

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