LOS ANGELES, Dec 7: Some employees at Sony Pictures Entertainment have received a threatening email which allegedly was written by Guardians of Peace, a group who claims responsibility for the hacking at the company more than a week ago.
The group threatened some employees and their family, reported Deadline.
“Please sign your name to object the false of the company at the email address below if you don’t want to suffer damage. If you don’t, not only you but your family will be in danger,” read the email.
A spokesperson for Sony has responded to the story, saying that they are working closely with the law enforcement office to address the issue.
“We understand that some of our employees have received an email claiming to be from GOP. We are aware of the situation and are working with law enforcement,” the spokesperson said.
The massive hacking caused massive leak of sensitive information. Hackers stole and spread data such as employees’ salaries, budget for James Franco and Seth Rogen’s ‘The Interview’, documents about negative feedback by their employees as well as files of unreleased movies.
Documents featuring passwords to the company’s social media accounts and private accounts were also leaked.
Private information including social security numbers belonging to current and former employees as well as stars such as Judd Apatow and Sylvester Stallone were leaked. Some documents additionally provide glimpses at the company’s commodities in 2013 which are projected to bring profit.
Some of them are ‘This Is the End’ which has USD 50 million in profits, ‘Grown Ups 2’ (USD 48 million), ‘Captain Phillips’ (USD 39 million), ‘American Hustle’ (USD 27 million), ‘One Direction: This Is Us’ (USD 18 million) and ‘Elysium (USD 18 million).
North Korea has been linked to the hacking, but they denied their involvement.
“Linking North Korea to the Sony hacking is another fabrication targeting the country,” an unnamed diplomat said.
“My country publicly declared that it would follow international norms banning hacking and piracy.” (PTI)
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