Hackers threaten Sony employees in wake of ’unprecedented’ cyber attack

The investigation of Sony Pictures’ massive data hack continues, as the company is yet to draw final conclusions, but Re/code has obtained an internal email sent to employees by CEO Michael Lynton containing a security note from Kevin Mandia, head of security firm Mandiant, which is helping Sony throughout this crisis. FROM EARLIER: The latest big leak in the Sony hack is a huge file directory for passwords… called ‘Password’ According to the note, the attack on Sony is “unprecedented,” and no company could have been prepared for this specific kind of cyber destruction. “This attack is unprecedented in nature,” Mandia wrote. “The malware was undetectable by industry standard antivirus software and was damaging and unique enough to cause the

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