Hollywood Brands Haunted by Hackers, From Disney to Sony (Photos) Since 2014’s massive Sony hack, Hollywood continues to be compromised Since the high-profile hack of Sony Pictures in 2014, cybersecurity has become one of Hollywood\u2019s top concerns. Spurred by the studio\u2019s then…<\/b>
\nSince the high-profile hack of Sony Pictures in 2014, cybersecurity has become one of Hollywood\u2019s top concerns. But that doesn\u2019 t mean Sony was the last company to fall victim to an attack.
The biggest and most consequential hack to hit Hollywood was the Sony Pictures hack of 2014. Spurred by the studio\u2019s then-upcoming comedy \u201cThe Interview, \u201d about a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-Un, North Korean hackers were able to access employee information, emails, unreleased projects and other damaging information.
Netflix fell victim to a hack in 2017 when a group called \u201cThe Dark Overlord\u201d stole episodes of \u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d from a post-production house. When the streamer failed to meet ransom demands, the group released 10 episodes of the series weeks ahead of the scheduled premiere.
After The Dark Overlord successfully released \u201cOrange Is the New Black, \u201d the group took to Twitter promising to target other companies next. The group named ABC its next target in a vague tweet, but did not specify which show or shows it was threatening to release.
When The Dark Overlord took \u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d from Larson Studios, it also reportedly made off with other unaired shows, including \u201cNCIS: Los Angeles\u201d and \u201cPortlandia.\u201d ABC, NBC, FX, National Geographic, E!, Disney Channel and Lifetime were also contacted by the FBI, who was investigating the incident, to notify them that their work may have been compromised.
Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed in a company town hall meeting that the film studio had received a ransom demand from a hacker who claimed to have stolen one of their unreleased films. Reports said the pirated film was \u201cPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, \u201d though it was never released. Iger later said in an interview that he believed it to be a hoax.
UTA suffered a \u201cmalware incident\u201d in April, in which hackers held the company\u2019s computer systems hostage, demanding payment in bitcoin. Meetings were canceled and pushed, with the talent agency effectively shut down as the company raced to respond. Outside investigators concluded that no sensitive information was compromised.
The Sundance Film Festival also suffered a cyberattack in 2017. The box office was forced to go offline for roughly 40 minutes as the festival responded to the situation, but no screenings were affected by the outage. \u201cOur artist\u2019s voices will be heard and the show will go on, \u201d the festival said in a statement.
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