Truth is Stranger than Fiction Indeed
The Sony hack is proving to be the most interesting story of the year, not just because of the original event (which is scary because of how much the hackers got access to) but also due to all its fallouts. Here’s a quick summary of how it all started: “A hacker group that identifies as the Guardians of Peace (GOP) broke into the internal network at Sony Pictures (a US based subsidiary of the Japan-based parent company, Sony) and stole everything they could find. Everything . The GOP claims to have 100TB of data of emails, movies, passwords, payroll info, what have you.” Next, the group started leaking some of the more damning emails written by Sony executives. In one of those mails, Sony Picture’s co-chairman, Amy Pascal, had made multiple (sort of, kind of) racist remarks about Obama. Salaries too were exposed: turns out Sony’s top boss makes less than several people below him! Another email showed a Hollywood producer of the Denzel Washington starrer The Equalizer wr...