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November 24, 2014·Media & Entertainment

Sony Pictures destructive hack preceded by fake Apple ID phishing emails

Sony Pictures Entertainment · United States

On 24 November 2014 Sony Pictures employees found workstations wiped and a ransom-style message on screen; terabytes of internal email, films and personnel data were later leaked. Researchers from Cylance presenting at RSA Conference 2015 said they found a phishing campaign in the months beforehand in which Sony staff, including senior executives, received fake Apple ID verification emails designed to harvest passwords. The FBI publicly attributed the attack to North Korea.

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