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nanarchy said:
vivster said:
All about this screams amateurs. This can't be real and it's certainly no professional hack.

I also haven't seen any credible news source or Sony itself picking this up. Just random internet ramblings.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-24/sony-corp-computers-said-hacked-in-possible-blackmail.html

Still, it doesn't say anything. Getting an image on computer screens in an office is very easy and doesn't have to be a hack. Could be by infecting a website that was frequently visited or a simple little worm contracted by one of the employees for carelessly surfing or some attack from the inside. The stolen data sounds like a scare tactic to make the group look more important.

Either way this whole thing is absolutely exaggerated. Recovering all office PCs is a simple matter of maybe a few hours.

But I guess the media will still have a field day with this even if there wasn't a notable impact on business and no data stolen.



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