Sony Picture Entertainment Research Paper

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Sony Picture Entertainment was hacked by a group that calls themselves the Guardians of Peace. At the beginning of the case, no clear evidence about who were the attackers and what their motives are, but after digging deeper in the case and collecting pieces of evidence, someone can say for sure that these hackers are working for the North Korean government. The attackers “GOP” focused on stealing information and implanting malware to use them as a threat and revenge for SPE for producing a movie that humiliates the North Korea president “The interview.” However, they were successful in causing significant embarrassment and financial losses for the company, but they couldn’t stop the movie from spreading. Sony Picture Entertainment committed

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