Breached Sony documents published by WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks has made available online an archive of materials that emerged after the infamous Sony Pictures breach in late 2014.

The collection features 173,132 emails and 30,287 documents. The Sony breach ranks as one of  recent history’s most talked-about cyber attacks, which ended up with thousands of financial and personal records lost, in addition to unreleased films being leaked online.

Raimund Genes, head technology officer of security software vendor Trend Micro, told SCMagazineUK.com he feels that criminal activity was the cause, and he further explained that North Korea was unlikely to have been involved.

He commented:

“Look at how the malware was written. The demands for payment – states don’t do this. And consider how well Sony was protected (having been breached previously) – and their films are supposed to be their crown jewels?

“Users must have wondered why the network was so slow.”

After the incident, President Obama formed a cyber-intelligence agency. He further talked about a new order that allows government sanctions to be exercised against entities or individuals who are considered threats to national security.

The onus is on each individual business when it comes to how they respond to recent concerns over the subject. Those who value their data – including that of customers – and are in the know when it comes to online security will make cyber security jobs available to trained professionals.

It just may be a trend that we see more and more, in response to widely reported breaches like that of Sony.