A Breakdown and Analysis of the December, 2014 Sony Hack
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On November 25, a new chapter was added to the chronicles of data theft activity. A group calling itself GOP or The Guardians Of Peace, hacked their way into Sony Pictures, leaving the Sony network crippled for days, valuable insider information including previously unreleased films posted to the Internet, and vague allegations it all may have been done by North Korea in retribution for the imminent release of an upcoming movie titled “The Interview”.
While politically motivated attacks and theft of intellectual property is nothing new, this incident certainly stands out for several reasons. First, via a Pastebin link, the group released a package and links to torrent files hosted on four sites consisting of 26 parts, broken out into 25 1GB files, and one 894 MB rar file. The files were also uploaded to the file sharing giants MEGA and Rapidgator, but removed by site managers shortly after. The researchers …
While politically motivated attacks and theft of intellectual property is nothing new, this incident certainly stands out for several reasons. First, via a Pastebin link, the group released a package and links to torrent files hosted on four sites consisting of 26 parts, broken out into 25 1GB files, and one 894 MB rar file. The files were also uploaded to the file sharing giants MEGA and Rapidgator, but removed by site managers shortly after. The researchers …