Sony hack scandal gets bigger with more celebrity salaries leaked
THE Sony hacking saga just got bigger, with more than 47,000 workers’ private information leaked, including celebrity salaries and their home addresses.
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THE Sony hacking scandal just got bigger, with more than 47,000 workers’ private information leaked including celebrity salaries and their home addresses.
Files from current and former workers include celebrities such as Australian actor Rebel Wilson, US star Sylvester Stallone and director Judd Apatow, The Wall Street Journal reports.
It is understood that the leaked files contained Sony workers’ Social Security numbers, salaries and home addresses for those who worked at Sony Pictures from as far back as 2000.
The Wall Street Journal said that the data-security firm Identity Finder LLC analysed 33,000 of the SPE documents and found such personal information within it.
It was reportedly stored in Microsoft Excel files without any password protection.
The latest twist in the hacking scandal comes after it was revealed how much Seth Rogen and James Franco made from starring in their film, The Interview.
ROGEN AND FRANCO: What the Sony hack revealed
In the film, Rogen and Franco play characters who attempt to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The nature of the film sparked initial reports that North Korea was behind the Sony hacking scandal.
Rogen, 32, who also served as co-director and one of the writers and producers of the comedy, earned $8.4 million ($10 million AUD).
His co-star Franco, 36, earned $6.5 million ($7.7 million AUD).
A group called the Guardians of Peace claims they are responsible for the cyberattack, which hit Sony last month.
Sony has not commented on The Wall Street Journal’s latest report, but its legal team is trying to force websites to remove the data from the internet.
The report comes after Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton and co-chairman Amy Pascal called the hack “a brazen attack on our company, our employees and our business partners”.
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