The Sony Hack

What was the full impact of the Sony Hack? This mindmap attempts to show the big picture.

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The Sony Hack by Mind Map: The Sony Hack

1. Celebrity references

1.1. The Crazy Things Leaked In Sony Hack, Including Company's Hatred For Their Own Adam Sandler Films

1.2. Sony’s Amy Pascal Apologizes for Obama Emails

1.3. Concerns that Mark Zuckerberg might sue over The Social Network

1.4. Kevin Hart Responds to Sony ‘Whore’ Comment: ‘I Protect My Brand’

1.5. George Clooney Was the Only One Who Saw the Sony Hack Coming

1.6. Sony Hack: Alex Trebek Wanted to Quit Jeopardy! Over Re-shoot Request

1.7. Sony Hack: Leonardo DiCaprio Called "Despicable," Willow, Jaden Smith Mocked in Latest Sony Leak

2. Private details of Celebrities leaked

2.1. SONY PICTURES HACK EXPOSES HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES’ SECRET ALIASES

2.2. Put me through to Buffy's room, please. Sony hackers leak stars' numbers, travel aliases

3. Damage to Sony and Film Industry from leaks

3.1. Leaked Sony Emails Reveal Nasty Exchanges and Insults

3.2. Sony Hack Reveals 25-Page List of Reasons It Sucks To Work at Sony

3.3. Sony's Embarrassing Powerpoints Are Even Worse Than Their Shitty Movies

3.4. Sony Pictures Hack Reveals Stark Gender Pay Gap

3.4.1. Amy Adams "Was Prepared" to talk about the Sony Leaks on The Today Show

3.5. Sony Hack: Hollywood Assesses Amy Pascal's Survivability

3.6. Sony Pictures hack - a PR car crash from which company may never recover

3.7. Sony - Salary Leaks Causing Chaos in Negotiating Contracts

3.8. Confidential business and project details leaked

3.8.1. Sony hack: Next Bond movie is WAY over budget

3.8.2. Details on business relationships with 39 other companies

3.8.3. Details on anti-piracy efforts

3.8.4. Discussions with George Clooney on previously unannounced movie version of Hack Attack book

3.8.5. Discussions about uploading fake torrents to frustrate pirates

3.8.6. Leaked: The Nightmare Email Drama Behind Sony's Steve Jobs Disaster

3.8.7. Sony Execs Debated Risk of 'The Interview'

3.8.8. Sony Pictures’ Business Secrets Revealed In Hack — Yep, “Seinfeld” Is Still A Cash Cow

3.8.9. Script of upcoming Bond film, Spectre, leaked

4. Attackers communicate

4.1. 1. To Sony: original demands via email

4.2. 2. To Sony: Via hacked/wiped computers

4.2.1. Set deadline of 11/24/14 23:00 GMT

4.2.2. Made reference to previous demands

4.2.3. First reference to the #GOP moniker

4.3. With Journalists

4.3.1. Claims over 12 Terabytes of data is in their posession

4.3.2. Regularly receive information leading to new leaked files

4.4. 12/7/14: Some employees receive a threat

4.5. 12/8/14: The first time the attackers make reference to The Interview, while releasing the fourth batch of files

4.6. Sony Hackers Risk Exposure with Each Data Leak, According to Security Experts

4.7. Threat to moviegoers and theaters

5. Damage to physical Sony Pictures computers & impact on employee productivity

5.1. Reports of Employees being sent home

5.2. "Sony Hacked again"

5.3. Message displayed on employee computers

5.4. Analysis of malware used in the attack

5.4.1. WIPER MALWARE BEHIND SONY HACK ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF RISK MANAGEMENT

5.4.2. FBI warns U.S. firms of data-wiping malware following Sony attack

5.4.3. Inside the “wiper” malware that brought Sony Pictures to its knees

5.4.4. Connections between this malware and the malware used in other high profile attacks that damaged systems (Saudi Aramco, Dark Seoul)

5.4.4.1. Kaspersky exposes SONY-CRIPPLING malware DETAILS

5.5. Separate from the leaks, attackers rendered many computer systems unusable

5.6. I'm a Sony Pictures Employee

5.7. SONY PICTURES HACK WAS A LONG TIME COMING, SAY FORMER EMPLOYEES

5.8. Over 2 months later, Sony's Network was still down

6. Attribution

6.1. 12/1/14: First connection made to North Korea related to The Interview

6.2. After North Korea is repeatedly named as the "clear source" of the attack by many sources, the FBI announces there is no evidence linking N.Korea as of 12/09/14

6.3. Some Security Experts Doubt North Korea Hacked Sony

6.4. Sony Got Hacked Hard: What We Know and Don’t Know So Far

6.5. North Korea Denies Sony Hack, Chaos Continues

6.6. North Korea Denies Hacking Sony, But Calls It 'Righteous'

6.7. The US Needs To Stop Pretending The Sony Hack Is Anything Less Than An Act Of War

6.8. I have no idea who hacked Sony. And Neither do you

6.9. Why you should demand proof before believing the US Government on North Korea and Sony

6.10. New evidence shows Russian hackers have access to Sony's network

6.11. Russia again

6.12. And... Russia

7. The Interview

7.1. Sony nails 'The Interview' at festive, hack-free world premiere

7.2. Sony took pains to remove all references to itself from 'The Interview'

7.3. Sony Brass Worried Over Kim’s Fate in “The Interview” Film, Emails Show

7.4. Hacked: Sony Cancels Interviews with 'The Interview' Crew

7.5. New York premiere of Sony film The Interview cancelled

7.6. Sony - We Know How to Make This Movie Go Away

7.7. Jake Kouns calls it - once The Interview was pulled, the leaks stopped.

7.8. Backlash for pulling The Interview from theaters

7.8.1. Setting the wrong precedent: Top theater chains drop Sony's 'The Interview' after threats

7.9. The Interview is eventually released anyway, in digital form

7.9.1. The Interview makes $15m in online release (in the first 3 days!)

8. Legal and Ethical Dilemmas

8.1. BEWARE: DOWNLOADING THE HACKED SONY PICTURES DOCS COULD BRING THE FEDS TO YOUR DOOR

8.2. Why Publishing Stolen Sony Data Is Problematic but Necessary

8.3. Howard Stern is right: Journalists should do a gut check on Sony coverage

8.4. The Sony Hack and the Yellow Press

8.5. Why It’s Right To Report On The Sony Hack

8.6. Can Sony Get Around the First Amendment to Sue the Media Over the Hack? (Analysis)

9. PR damage control

9.1. Sony Says Hack Attack Is “Unprecedented”

9.2. James Franco, Seth Rogen Spoof Sony Hack on SNL (Video)

9.3. The One Statement That Changes Everything For A Corporation That's Been Breached

10. Legal

10.1. Cyber Wars and the Legal Lessons from the Sony Hack

10.2. Sony Pictures Demands That News Agencies Delete ‘Stolen’ Data

10.3. Breach insurance might not cover losses at Sony Pictures

10.4. STATEMENT ON SPECTRE

10.5. Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach

10.6. Sony allegedly scraps The Interview for Insurance reasons

10.7. Sony Tries Again to Make Twitter Delete Hacked Emails, But Twitter Isn't Budging

10.8. The Sony Hack is not an Excuse to Pass Bad Cybersecurity Laws

10.9. Sony hit with first class action lawsuit filed by hacked former employees

10.10. Lawsuit Consolidation

11. List of leaks, as released to journalists

11.1. 11/24/14 - Leak #1: List of 37,937,159 filenames

11.1.1. Insight into the types and specificities of data the attackers had access too (passwords, for example)

11.1.2. The beginning

11.2. 11/26/14 - Leak #2: Five Movies

11.2.1. Sony Pictures Movies Leak Online

11.2.2. Movies Leaked

11.2.2.1. Fury (still in theaters)

11.2.2.2. Annie (unreleased)

11.2.2.3. Mr. Turner (unreleased)

11.2.2.4. Still Alice (unreleased)

11.2.2.5. To Write Love on Her Arms (unreleased)

11.3. 12/01/14 - Leak #3: SPE_01

11.3.1. HR files

11.3.2. Marketing files

11.3.3. SSNs and other employee data

11.3.4. 24.6GB leak containing 33,880 files

11.4. 12/03/14 - Leak #4: SPE_02

11.4.1. passwords

11.4.2. digital certificates

11.4.3. sensitive technical data

11.4.4. 35.5MB leak (compressed)

11.5. 12/05/14 - Leak #5: SPE_03

11.5.1. Financial reporting

11.5.2. Contracts

11.5.3. Filming incident reports

11.5.4. 107GB leak (compressed) containing 233,718 files

11.6. 12/08/14 - Leak #6: SPE_04

11.6.1. Email of Steve Mosko, President of Sony Pictures

11.6.2. Email of Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures

11.6.3. 3.5GB leak (Steve Mosko's email)

11.6.4. 3.78GB leak (Amy Pascal's email)

11.7. 12/10/14 - Leak #7: SPE_05

11.7.1. Titled "Gift of Sony for 5th day: My Life At The Company – Part 1"

11.7.2. Info on anti-piracy efforts

11.7.3. Info on PS3 hacking

11.7.4. Info on relationships with TV/Content networks

11.7.5. 3.84GB leak

11.8. 12/10/14 - Leak #8: SPE_06

11.8.1. Sony Pictures Top Lawyer’s Emails Exposed in Latest Leak

11.8.2. Email of Leah Weil, General Council

11.9. 12/13/14 - Leak #9: SPE_07

11.9.1. Titled: "My Life At The Company – Part 2"

11.9.2. Financial and business documents

11.9.3. Security Assessment

11.9.4. 6.45GB leak containing 6,560 files

11.10. 12/14/14 - Leak #10: SPE_08

11.10.1. Titled: "GOP at Christmas, Part 2"

11.10.2. Email of Steven O'Dell, SVP International Distribution for Sony Pictures

11.11. 12/16/14 - Leak #11: SPE_09

11.11.1. Titled: "1st Christmas Gift, Michael Lynton"

11.11.2. Email of Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures

11.11.3. Came with a threat referencing The Interview and 9/11, suggesting part of the attackers' 'Christmas Gift' still remains

11.11.4. 5.53GB leak containing 72,900 emails

11.11.5. Final leak, as Sony caves the next day and cancels all future screenings of The Interview

11.12. 4/17/15 - Wikileaks Searchable Archive made available

12. Analysis of the leaks and the attack

12.1. A Look Through The Sony Pictures Data Hack: This Is As Bad As It Gets

12.2. ​The Sony Hacks Are Goddamn Terrifying

12.3. A Breakdown and Analysis of the December, 2014 Sony Hack

12.4. The breach at Sony Pictures is no longer just an IT issue

12.5. Root Cause analysis

12.6. Wiper Malware

13. The most extensive corporate leak and well planned PR attack ever?

13.1. Attackers notified and coordinated with journalists

13.2. Sony's files were analyzed, sorted and released with careful consideration to gradually increase the impact with each release of leaked data.

14. Private employee data leaked

14.1. That Sony Pictures Hack Exposed Budgets, Layoffs and 3,800 SSNs

14.2. Salary and contact information for international employees

14.3. Sony's Hacking Nightmare Gets Worse: Employees Medical Records Revealed

14.4. INSIDE SONY PICTURES, EMPLOYEES ARE PANICKING ABOUT THEIR HACKED PERSONAL DATA

15. Private and secret technical data leaked

15.1. Sony's IT blueprints leaked by hackers

15.2. Details on how hacking incidents were handled in the past

15.3. Security assessment results from PWC

16. Impact on Corporate IT Security

16.1. Could Sony Hack Scare Other Companies into Beefing Up Cybersecurity?

17. Data of other companies leaked

17.1. Sony Hack: Leaked emails claim Facebook made an ever bigger offer for Snapchat

17.2. SONY PICTURES HACK SPREADS TO DELOITTE: THOUSANDS OF AUDIT FIRM’S SALARIES ARE LEAKED

17.3. Snapchat buys eyewear company that lets you record video on the sly