http://online.wsj.com/articles/sony-pictures-hack-reveals-more-data-than-previously-believed-1417734425
By BEN FRITZ and DANNY YADRON
The Wall Street Journal
Dec. 4, 2014
The hack at Sony Pictures Entertainment revealed far more personal
information than previously believed, including the Social Security
numbers of more than 47,000 current and former employees along with
Hollywood celebrities like Sylvester Stallone.
An analysis of 33,000 Sony documents by data-security firm Identity Finder
LLC found personal data, including salaries and home addresses, posted
online for people who stopped working at Sony Pictures as far back as 2000
and one who started in 1955.
The hack and subsequent posting by a group calling itself Guardians of
Peace illustrate the risks large companies like Sony take by amassing
years of digital records on employees and customers on machines connected
to the Internet. Much of the data analyzed by Identity Finder was stored
in Microsoft Excel files without password protection.
The documents, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, also contain the
Social Security numbers or taxpayer-identification numbers of thousands of
freelancers, including actors who appeared in movies and TV shows produced
by the Sony Corp.-owned studio, one of Hollywood’s largest. Among them are
Mr. Stallone, director Judd Apatow and Australian actress Rebel Wilson.
Representatives for the three stars declined to comment.
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