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On November 24, 2014, a hacker group identifying itself as "Guardians of Peace" leaked a release of confidential data from the film studio Sony Pictures Entertaiment (SPE). The data included personal information about Sony Pictures employees and their families, emails between employees, information about executive salaries at the company, copies of then-unreleased Sony films, plans for future Sony films, scripts for certain films, and other information.[1] The perpetrators then employed a variant of the Shamoon wiper malware to erase Sony's computer infrastructure.[2]
During the hack, the group demanded that Sony withdraw its then-upcoming film The Interview, starring James Franco as a reporter and Seth Rogen (who also wrote, produced, and directed the film alongside his creative partner Evan Goldberg) as his producer who are hired by the United States and South Korean governments to set up an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as part of a plot to assassinate him, and threatened terrorist attacks at cinemas screening the film. After many major U.S. theater chains opted not to screen The Interview in response to these threats, Sony chose to cancel the film's formal premiere and mainstream release, opting to skip directly to a downloadable digital release followed by a limited theatrical release the next day.[3][4][5]
United States intelligence officials, after evaluating the software, techniques, and network sources used in the hack, concluded that the attack was sponsored by the government of North Korea, which has since denied all responsibility.[6] Some independent cybersecurity experts doubt the involvement of North Korea.
^Siboni, Gabi; Siman-Tov, David (December 23, 2014). Cyberspace Extortion: North Korea versus the United States (PDF) (Report). INSS. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
^Zetter, Kim (February 24, 2016). "The Sony Hackers Were Causing Mayhem Years Before They Hit the Company". Wired. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
^"Sony Pictures Entertainment Notice Letter" (PDF). State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General. December 8, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
^Feeney, Nolan (December 16, 2014). "Sony Asks Media to Stop Covering Hacked Emails". Time. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^Weise, Elizabeth (December 17, 2014). "Experts: Sony hackers 'have crossed the line'". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
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