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On November 24, 2014, hackers launched a sophisticated attack on the Hollywood studio Sony Pictures. At first, skulls appeared on the screens of Sony employees, with a threatening message about compromised secret data (Alvarez, 2014). The hackers identified themselves as the "Guardians of Peace" and demanded that Sony stop the release of an upcoming movie called “The Interview”, a satirical comedy revolving around the assassination of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Gibbs, 2014). The group released a hacked version of the film and other date, including personal emails and information about Sony employees. While Sony and the U.S. Continue reading...