WikiLeaks Published 276,000 Stolen Sony Documents

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has re papers by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) put online late last year during a burglary at the company were stolen. It is the largest publication of stolen Sony documents so far. In April WikiLeaks launched the " Sony Archive ", containing over 30,000 documents and 173,000 e-mails. A few weeks later, in May, followed by a new publication round with thousands of stolen documents.

Now let WikiLeaks know that more than 276,000 stolen documents, Sony has put online. According to the whistleblower website the stolen emails and documents are newsworthy offering online archive a special glimpse into the workings of a large "mystery" multinational that would have ties to both the White House and the US military-industrial complex. After the online publication of the Sony Archive Sony responded furiously condemning WikiLeaks.

Sony Had Pirated Copies Of Books On Hacking Network

Sony is known for the battle that is against software piracy, but the company itself also appears to have clean hands. Last week leaked WikiLeaks documents 30,000 and 170,000 emails at Sony Pictures Entertainment were captured. Among the documents discovered security expert Jeffrey Carr a pirated copy of his book "Inside Cyber ​​Warfare", let him through Twitter know.

The Daily Dot also discovered a second pirated book, namely Hacking the Next Generation, which was a full version of the Sony servers. The presence is remarkable, since Sony in the stolen emails discusses all sorts of tactics to combat piracy and the arrest of the founder of a torrent site is The Pirate Bay described as a great victory.

Sony Condemns WikiLeaks Due To Publish Stolen Data

Sony Pictures Entertainment has lashed out at WikiLeaks for publishing 170,000 emails and 30,000 documents were stolen from the company. This week published the WikiLeaks "Sony Archive" because the stolen data according to the whistleblower site are newsworthy.

Sony is thinking differently. "Despite the so-called commitment to freedom of expression, WikiLeaks rewards the behavior of a totalitarian regime that dissidents want silence and entities as Sony tries to discourage those trade secrets, confidential information and intellectual property protection are subject to their rights exercise, " says Sony lawyer David Boies.

According Boies, most media organizations refused to help the attackers with their extortion and plan attacks on Sony's employees, resources and freedom of expression. "Unfortunately WikiLeaks has chosen to deliberately and indiscriminately to download the stolen data from Sony, copying, indexing and use and others to use and help the access to it," Boies writes in a comment.