Nearly a decade ago, Sony Pictures fell victim to a massive hack that illegally released a trove of the studio’s internal emails. Now, Disney is the latest victim of a hack, but the full scope of the leak is unclear.
Via the Wall Street Journal, a hacker group called Nullbulge announced that it was targeting Disney because of “the way it handles artist contracts, its approach to artificial intelligence, and its approach to artificial intelligence.” [its] This is a blatant disregard for consumers.
However, Nullbulge’s claims about the value of the material obtained during the hack may be exaggerated. While the data published by Nullbulge does date back to 2019, much of it appears to be fairly innocuous, including conversations about maintaining the Disney company’s website and photos of dogs shared by Disney employees.
Cybersecurity researcher Eric Parker told the Wall Street Journal that he believes Nullbulge is not actually an organization at all. Instead, he thought it was just one person.
“He didn’t do it for the money,” Parker said. “I think it’s an attention-seeking exercise.”
Disney is reportedly investigating the hack and how it occurred.
