Sony Pictures Hackers Strike Again, Promised Big Christmas Gift Soon
A member of the alleged hacking group Guardians of Peace sent an email to several journalists that stated two web addresses where in new information about Sony could be found. The email also warned about a "Christmas gift" that will be arriving very soon was said to put Sony pictures into a worst condition.
The newest attack was titled "My Life at the Company Part 2"and was signed by "GOP" or presumably the "Guardians of Peace". The message which contained 5 gigabytes of data showed the latest batch of files which includes a Powerpoint presentation about Crackle, a Sony-supported video site, Computer World reports.
The file labeled as "junderwood" refers to former Sony Pictures executive Jim Underwood, who now works for Facebook. According to Recode, the hackers promised that more interesting leaks will be out soon that will sure to shake the company. In the message that was posted in the file-sharing site Pastebin, the attackers even asked Sony of what they would like to include in their next "Christmas gift" for the giant company.
Apparently, the Nov. 24 hacking scandal that is filled with terrible extortion attempts and embarrassing leaks about some famous Hollywood celebrities have became an international crisis. From embarrassing emails which talked about Angelina Jolie's "minimal" talent and her spoiled brat attitude, not to forget her alleged rampaging ego was also mentioned in the series of emails that were leaked. Other emails also revealed that Sony employees were tired with the boring films that the company keeps producing.
Movie scripts and worse, even entire films were divulged to the public. The new James Bond movie "Spectre" has also been part of the leak saying that the movie is over its budget and is in the running to be one of the most expensive movies of all time costing more than $300 million.
The leak also mentioned that Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal called Leonardo DiCaprio's decision to abandon the upcoming biopic of Apple's Steve Jobs as "absolutely despicable". On the other hand, the leak also exposed producer Mark Gordon's disgust with DiCaprio's resignation referring to it as a "horrible behaviour".