Looks like Sony's managers need to get a hit with the cluebat on how to allow access to the internet and basic computer security.
The penetration seems to be ongoing and deep. From the UK Telegraph:
Sony suspends film shoots after hackers hit payments
The Hollywood studio that made the James Bond and Spider-Man films has abandoned film shoots after hackers paralyzed its computer network, and leaked four films and thousands of documents.
Agencies filming for Sony Pictures have canceled shoots because the problems have left it unable to process payments, according to The Times.
The attack by Guardians of Peace, a hacking collective suspected of having links with North Korea, has taken most of Sony Pictures’ computers offline. North Korea has been linked to the hack because Sony’s forthcoming film The Interview involves a CIA plot to kill Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader.
Joseph Demarest, the assistant director of the FBI’s cyber-division, told a US Senate hearing that methods used by the hackers would have breached the defenses of nine out of ten companies.
Security researchers said that the attack would cost Sony Pictures £64 million to put right.
The Times article referenced is behind a stupid paywall so I am using the Telegraph reporting. Breaching the defenses of nine out of ten companies? Give me a fscking break - Sony's management overruled Sony's IT department and left an open hole a mile wide. £64 million is a joke. Sony Management fscked up and some R.E.M.F. needs to fall on their sword.
Most companies have excellent security. I linked to this Robert X. Cringley post yesterday - he outlined what probably happened and a very simple setup to completely eliminate this hole.
Halfway tempted to go see The Interview just to jab a thumb in the eye of North Korea. Picked up the new 'Tom Clancy' book at Costco and that story is set up there.
