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Sony Pictures Condemns WikiLeaks Posting of ‘Sony Archives’ Database

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Getty 041715 JulianAssange?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1429275746504Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Months after the Sony Pictures Entertainment hacking scandal, much of the studio’s leaked information has been made available on the WikiLeaks website in a searchable database.

If WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has his way, that material will always remain accessible to the public.  Assange said in a statement on the website, “This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation.” He adds, “It is newsworthy and at the center of a geo-political conflict. It belongs in the public domain. WikiLeaks will ensure it stays there.”

On Thursday, Assange’s website published a searchable database called “The Sony Archives.” The database has 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures, as well as 173,132 emails, and more than 2,200 Sony Pictures email addresses.

However, Sony Pictures has a different take on the security breach and massive release of Sony Pictures information on WikiLeaks.  A spokesperson for Sony says in a statement obtained by ABC News, “The cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was a malicious criminal act, and we strongly condemn the indexing of stolen employee and other private and privileged information on WikiLeaks.”

The statement continues, “The attackers used the dissemination of stolen information to try to harm SPE and its employees, and now WikiLeaks regrettably is assisting them in that effort. We vehemently disagree with WikiLeaks’ assertion that this material belongs in the public domain and will continue to fight for the safety, security, and privacy of our company and its more than 6,000 employees.”

The hacking scandal occurred in December in the lead-up to the studio’s planned release of the James Franco and Seth Rogen comedy The Interview.  The movie, which ended up being released only to select theaters as well as to streaming services, centers around a fictional attempt to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.


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