To put it into perspective, 100 terabytes could hold 360 million photos. This information leaked includes movies, private internal documents holding employees' personal info, memos, and information on employees' salaries.
This is a major hack, bringing the company down on its knees. Information exposed gives the company a bad name, such as the gender and race pay gap present within the company. 3800 employees are being protected against identity theft now because of their info being leaked.
Much of the evidence behind the attack suggests North Korea was behind it. For example:
- the malware used is similar to ones North Korea has used before
- the language of it is in Korean
- Sony's planning on releasing a comedy soon about a plot to kill leader Kim Jong Un
However, the North Korean government suggested they may have not been behind it, although this is unclear.
The statement didn't outright say the North Korean government was not responsible. But KCNA called North Korean involvement "a wild rumor" and the government suggested it couldn't be behind a cyberattack on "a country far across the ocean."
What can be done about this? Is there any way to find out who hacked Sony? What will be done about the personal info and pay gaps being leaked?
ReplyDeleteThere isn't much that can be done right now about the info already being hacked, other than fix any holes in their security as soon as possible. In order to find out who hacked, it'd be difficult, because their identity would most likely be masked. It might be able to be traced back to someone, but that is unlikely. As for the personal info, those whose info was leaked were placed under protection so their identities couldn't be stolen. Since the public knows about the pay gaps, Sony needs to do something to restore their public image, considering pay gaps are currently a hot topic in the country.
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