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| Hackers contacted top Sony executives before attack |
| 2014-12-10 |
| Top executives at Sony Pictures received an email extorting money three days before the company's computer network was taken offline in a major hack. The email message was among thousands released on Monday when the email boxes of two top Sony executives were leaked online. It was the latest release of potentially embarrassing corporate information following a major hack on the company's computer networks two weeks ago. "We've got great damage by Sony Pictures," the message began. "The compensation for it, monetary compensation we want." "Pay the damage, or Sony Pictures will be bombarded as a whole. You know us very well. We never wait long. You'd better behave wisely," it reads. More at link. |
| Posted by:Ebbang Uluque6305 |
| #5 Damages estimates are in the $100m range. You better believe the next target will pay up. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-12-10 17:05 |
| #4 After their digital Pearl Harbor on Sony's Playstation Network, you'd think the Big Guys up above would have gone NSA on their own computer networks. Obviously, they're paying the wrong people the big bucks. Sic transit gloria This is only round 1. Wait till the tort lawyers representing stock holders get ahold of the senior management. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-12-10 08:30 |
| #3 We're back to Kissinger again, on the Iran-Iraq war: "It's a shame one of them has to win." |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-10 07:39 |
| #2 He..he..he.. Hollywood was been depicting the cracker type as the modern day 'Robin Hood' for decades. Never showing the damage they do or the lives they ruin. What's that old adage about taking a viper to your chest? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-12-10 01:03 |
| #1 You know, since it's Hollywood on the wrong end of this, I almost like these hacker guys... |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-12-10 00:39 |