In a Nov. 25 statement, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced it was investigating "an IT matter." Since then, the hack has proven that fact can be stranger than fiction - even in Hollywood. That Sony Pictures did not anticipate vulnerabilities after producing a movie - The Interview - antagonistic to a volatile government should cause all organizations to pause and reassess whether they're prepared for such a worst-case scenario. Obviously, Sony's biggest failure was not protecting its intellectual property (including unreleased movies) and personal data (including employee PII and health records), especially in face of a 2011 hack of its PlayStation Network affecting consumer data of 77 million users. As class-action lawsuits pile up, a source familiar with Sony says its insurance would cover losses associated with "incidents like this."
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