Wikileaks published every single document that hackers obtained from Sony Pictures and leaked on the web. Sony, which has struggled to move on from the media circus that followed the initial releases last fall, has already condemned the site’s actions.
At the time of the leaks, which began in November, information was handed out to specific media outlets by the hackers. Therefore, Wikileaks is making all 30,287 documents available in one place for the public to search through for the first time. The leaked information includes 173,132 emails.
U.S. officials officially blamed North Korea for the attack, finding that Pyongyang backed a group of hackers called the “Guardians of Peace” in retaliation for the James Franco/Seth Rogen comedy The Interview.
“This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation. It is newsworthy and at the centre of a geo-political conflict,” Wikileaks’ Julian Assange said in a statement. “It belongs in the public domain. WikiLeaks will ensure it stays there.”
Obviously, Sony was not happy with WikiLeaks’ decision. The studio sent the following statement to Entertainment Weekly:
“The cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was a malicious criminal act, and we strongly condemn the indexing of stolen employee and other private and privileged information on WikiLeaks. The attackers used the dissemination of stolen information to try to harm SPE and its employees, and now WikiLeaks regrettably is assisting them in that effort. We vehemently disagree with WikiLeaks’ assertion that this material belongs in the public domain and will continue to fight for the safety, security, and privacy of our company and its more than 6,000 employees.”
One of the immediate results of the leaks was former Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal getting fired in February.
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