30,287 documents, 173,132 emails and over 2,200 addresses: Wikileaks publishes, Thursday, April 16, a mass of data from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Everyone can be searched by name or by keyword.
In a statement, Julian Assange, the editor of Wikileaks, justifies the move by saying that these archives belong “domain public “
These records show the workings of an influential multinational. It is of interest, and at the center of a geopolitical conflict. This is public property and Wikileaks will ensure that it remains so. “
This data had already been put online last November, after SPE, a subsidiary of Japanese group Sony, had been the victim of a massive piracy. The personal data of 47,000 employees and third parties, including celebrities, had been stolen, as well as financial documents, scripts, emails, etc., some of which had been posted illegally, as five films from the studio .
The pirates had demanded that Sony Pictures waives comedy broadcast on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, “The interview that kills”, and the White House accused North Korea of being behind this piracy, which had stretched a little more relations between the two countries. The film had finally received only a limited release.
Sony denounce “criminal action”
Sony condemned the replay of this data, believing that personal information not in the public domain, and that Wikileaks continued the work of hackers that were detrimental to the company’s employees.
The computer attack Sony Pictures was a malicious criminal action, and we strongly condemn indexing “of personal data, the company wrote in a statement.
Wikileaks explains that” some stories are outputs at the time, but it was not possible to do research in the original records and were withdrawn before the public and journalists can scratch the surface. “
Lobbying and connections Democrats
“Now published in a format where you can search the Sony archives offer a rare glimpse of the inner workings of a large multinational company secret,” the site, stating that can see the lobbying activities of the group and its connections with the US Democratic Party
The illustration accompanying the release of Wikileaks also denounces these connections. Spider-Man – Sony hero – raises its mask behind which is hidden a donkey, symbol of the American Democratic Party.
We discover including CEO Michael Lynton, dining with President Obama, and employees raising money for Democrats, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
“An influential company”
“The Sony-known work is to produce entertainment. But Sony records show that behind the scenes, it is an influential company with ties to the White House (there are nearly 100 email addresses of the US government in this archive), with an ability to influence legislation and policies, and links with the US military-industrial complex “, writes Wikileaks.
This is Hollywood who would lead the fight against piracy in Australia, also suggests consulting these documents. Teaching reading by the Australian newspaper “The Age”:
The scandal that followed piracy was forced to resign in February of the patron saint of Sony Pictures Amy Pascal, after the publication of racist emails she had written to Barack Obama.
EH with AFP
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