Fury, Annie leak online in wake of Sony Picture hack

[Himanshu Arora]

Just over a week after hackers infiltrated Sony Picture Entertainment's computer network, effectively bringing the company to a standstill, DVD-quality rips of at least five of the studio's newest films have been leaked online, although there is no confirmation that the leak came from the same breach.

Watermarked copies of four unreleased Sony movies including Annie, Still Alice, Mr. Turner, and To Write Love on Her Arms, as well as Fury, the Brad Pitt starrer which released last month, hit piracy websites shortly following the hack. The copies are said to be DVD screeners, which are usually given out early for award consideration and other kinds of promotion.

According to Variety, Fury is leading the pack with over 1.2 million downloads, followed by Annie and Still Alice, with over 200,000 and 100,000 downloads, respectively.

"The theft of Sony Pictures Entertainment content is a criminal matter, and we are working closely with law enforcement to address it," a Sony spokeswoman said in a statement.

Last month's attack on Sony Picture's corporate systems came a few weeks before the studio releases 'The Interview,' a comedy movie about two journalists who are sent to North Korea to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un. In a recent letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the rogue nuclear state denounced the film as "undisguised sponsoring of terrorism, as well as an act of war."

Sony is currently investigating if hackers working for North Korea were behind the cyber attack.

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[Pinkie Pie]

So all these unreleased movies were just sitting there unencrypted on an internet connected system? Wow Sony...

 

[EEatGDL]

Yep, stealing IP were a lot of money is invested is a crime [not sarcasm]. Sometimes I don't understand the reasons of some hackers' actions, but anyone is free of doing what they want if they're capable of.

 

[Kibaruk]

Yep, stealing IP were a lot of money is invested is a crime [not sarcasm]. Sometimes I don't understand the reasons of some hackers' actions, but anyone is free of doing what they want if they're capable of.

So if someone is capable of breaking into your house and killing your whole family, they're free to do so?

Flawless logic.

 

[cliffordcooley]

So all these unreleased movies were just sitting there unencrypted on an internet connected system? Wow Sony...

That does resemble leaving the bank's vault door open.

 

[davislane1]

Yep, stealing IP were a lot of money is invested is a crime [not sarcasm]. Sometimes I don't understand the reasons of some hackers' actions, but anyone is free of doing what they want if they're capable of.

So if someone is capable of breaking into your house and killing your whole family, they're free to do so?

Flawless logic.

I think what he meant to say (but failed to articulate) is that if nefarious individuals can do something, they probably will.

Thus, no one is "free" to break into your house and kill your family. But, if they do, it rather adequately demonstrates that they can, no?

 

[EEatGDL]

So if someone is capable of breaking into your house and killing your whole family, they're free to do so?

Flawless logic.

That's not where my logic was going. Everyone is actually free to do what they want, consequences come later, may be punishment or not. Freedom of choice and action doesn't imply moral or legal correctness; and it's limited to what you're actually capable of. I'm free to climb the Everest or punch a glass with my bare fist; but I may die in the first case due to lack of physical preparation or get cut on the latter.