Report
s say t
hat t
he t
hreat Wal
t Di
sney recei
ved i
s of a
seri
ous nat
ure and si
mi
l
ar t
o t
hose experi
enced by ot
her
compani
es. Net
f
l
i
x was at
t
acked, hackers st
ol
e unrel
eased
epi
sodes of Orange i
s t
he New Bl
ack. Net
f
l
i
x ref
used t
o
pay a ransom and so t
he hacker rel
eased t
he epi
sodes on
Pi
rat
e Bay f
or anyone t
o downl
oad vi
a t
orrent
.
The most not
abl
e and cert
ai
nl
y most seri
ous at
t
ack came
i
n 2014. Sony Pi
ct
ures comput
er syst
em was hacked,
rel
easi
ng t
housands of document
s, i
ncl
udi
ng credi
t card
i
nf
ormat
i
on and ot
her personal i
nf
ormat
i
on. The FBI
di
scl
osed t
he at
t
ack was f
rom Nort
h Korea and as a resul
t
Sony Pi
ct
ure'
s cancel
l
ed t
he rel
ease of "The I
nt
ervi
ew" a
f
i
ct
i
onal pl
ot about ki
l
l
i
ng t
he Nort
h Korea'
s l
eader
, Ki
m
Jong-
I
n.
Wal
t Di
sney wi
l
l need t
o deal wi
t
h t
hi
s t
hreat
. Over hal
f
Wal
t Di
sney prof
i
t
s come f
rom medi
a net
works and a
rel
ease of an unrel
eased f
i
l
m woul
d be ext
remel
y cost
l
y t
o
t
he company.