Yahoo – AFP,
April 17, 2015
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| WikiLeaks published thousands of documents from last year's Sony hacking scandal, calling them an insight into the inner workings of a "secretive" firm |
New York
(AFP) - WikiLeaks published thousands of documents on Thursday from last year's
Sony hacking scandal, calling them an insight into the inner workings of a
"secretive" firm.
The website
said the searchable data dump includes 30,287 documents from the US-based Sony
Pictures Entertainment and 173,132 emails to and from more than 2,200 company
email addresses.
The same
data was released online after hackers attacked Sony Pictures last November and
threatened the company over the release of the comedy film "The
Interview," which depicts a fictional CIA plot to kill North Korea's
leader.
The threats
saw Sony cancel the public debut of the movie and led to the resignation of
chairperson Amy Pascal. The leaks showed that Pascal had swapped racially
insensitive jokes about President Barack Obama over email.
Washington
blamed North Korea for the hack.
"Now
published in a fully searchable format The Sony Archives offer a rare insight
into the inner workings of a large, secretive multinational corporation,"
WikiLeaks said in a statement.
It said the
original release was not searchable and was removed before the public and
journalists could scrutinize them.
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| Sony data was released online after hackers threatened the company over the release of "The Interview," which depicts a fictional CIA plot to kill North Korea's leader |
WikiLeaks
described Sony as an influential corporation with ties to the White House, able
to impact laws and policies, and with connections to the US military-industrial
complex.
"It is
newsworthy and at the center of a geo-political conflict," said WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange, who lives at Ecuador's embassy in London to avoid
prosecution for alleged rape in Sweden.
"It
belongs in the public domain. WikiLeaks will ensure it stays there," the
Australian former hacker said.
Sony
condemned the re-release of the data, saying the private information does not
belong in the public domain and WikiLeaks is helping the hackers' efforts to
harm employees.
"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," Sony said in a statement.
The data
indicates company CEO, Michael Lynton, dined with Obama and Sony employees
raised money for the Democratic Party and incumbent Democrat New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo, WikiLeaks said.
Sony
Pictures Entertainment is a multi-billion-dollar US subsidiary of the
Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. It handles film and TV production,
acquisition and distribution.
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