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Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. : a cybersecurity attack from North Korea (B) / Meredith Alexander, Ashley Chase, Kelly Chase, James S. O'Rourke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526403094 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43653
Online resources: On November 24, 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Inc., was the victim of an unprecedented cybersecurity attack launched by North Korean hackers. The attack was a result of the upcoming premiere of Sony;s film The Interview, a comedy based on a fictional attempted assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The group responsible subsequently threatened an attack on theaters choosing to show the film. Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton must decide whether or not to stop the movie;s release, while also protecting Sony's public image, maintaining distributor relations, minimizing revenue loss, and safeguarding employees data from further risk.
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Originally published in Alexander, M., Chase, A., Chase, K., & O'Rourke, J. S. (2015). Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.: A cybersecurity attack from North Korea (B). 15-05 (B). Notre Dame, IN: The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame.

On November 24, 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Inc., was the victim of an unprecedented cybersecurity attack launched by North Korean hackers. The attack was a result of the upcoming premiere of Sony;s film The Interview, a comedy based on a fictional attempted assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The group responsible subsequently threatened an attack on theaters choosing to show the film. Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton must decide whether or not to stop the movie;s release, while also protecting Sony's public image, maintaining distributor relations, minimizing revenue loss, and safeguarding employees data from further risk.

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