I think when all is said and done, a flash drive will have come into play. Im betting the primary data breach was through that avenue and the others were secondary using data gained.
Wouldnt be surprised if one of the two already filing suit were involved. I find it hard to believe that a company the size of sony, whos primary profit driver is its digital content did not have any mechanisms in place for IDS and DLP. That volume of data traversing their network would have been flagged, I doubt the screeners of their newest unreleased movies were just sitting on a NAS with no security It may be easiest to locate the mole inside through a review of employee credit card record. Just find the ones who purchased new underwear in the last month. Im pretty sure they shit their pants when this thing blew up the way it did, they went from thief to domestic terrorist over night. On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Nate Burke via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > I've only been following loosely with what I hear on the radio, but it > sound like there was a lot of data stolen (multiple gig's from the sound of > it). The Last update I heard was that the hack originated from a hotel > Wifi connection in china somewhere. How were they able to transfer that > much data in a short enough time that it wasn't discovered and stopped? > Did the hotel have a blazing fast network? Something with getting that > amount of data in such a short time dosen't seem to add up. > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
