Sony Pictures Entertainment is breaking their silence on the recent and still ongoing cyber attack brought about by the hacker group Guardians of Peace (GOP).
The group has once again threatened to leak company secrets after the latter refused to give in to their demands. But it does not look like the entertainment giant is giving into its attackers whims.
Based on reports, the hacker group is planning to leak more data as its "Christmas gift" to Sony, which will supposedly put the company in the "worst state." The hackers have already leaked films that has not been released yet, two of which are "Fury" and "Annie."
The two films were found on file-sharing websites, available for public download. To fend off illegal downloads of its movies, Sony has resorted to hacking techniques, more commonly known as "DDoS" in the hacker world.
What DDoS does is it overloads the file-sharing website (the target site), which will then prevent others from illegally downloading films by denying access to the it.
According to Recode, Sony uses Amazon's cloud computing service, Amazon Web Service (AWS), in Asia to counter the cyber attack. Amazon, however, has denied that they are working with Sony to combat the hackers.
Amazon shared in a statement that they use automated mitigation and detection techniques in order to prevent misuse of their services.
The cyber attack, which started late November, did not only compromise Sony's unreleased films, but also tarnished professional relationships in Hollywood. The hackers have also leaked private email exchanges among Hollywood's most famous and the entertainment company's executives.
Shortly after the intial attack, Sony asked news publications to halt the release of private information that were stolen from the company. Sony's corporate lawyer, David Boies, demanded the media to destroy all copies of leaked data from the hackers.
There were rumors that the attack was backed by North Korea in response to Sony's "The Interview" movie. The comedy film revolves around two journalists, who were later on hired by the CIA to take down North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
