Sony Hack Targets More Celebrities! Social Security Numbers, Financial Information And Even Movie Profit Revealed

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More celebrities are being targeted in the Sony hack which leaked financial information and profits they made from their respective films.

Although it came short of the scandal that The Fappening brought, the Sony hack incident was no less dangerous as the social security numbers of celebrities were leaked online making them vulnerable to financial fraud.

According to MailOnline, the latest celebrities victimized were Sylvester Stallone and Rebel Wilson, and even director Judd Apatow.

They joined Seth Rogen and James Franco and Juggernaut studio executives.

"The hack is thought to be carried out by those allied with the North Korean regime, unhappy with the country's portrayal in the film," the publication said. "In June, a North Korean official appeared on the state-run news station to say the country would pursue 'a strong and merciless countermeasure' if Sony released the film."

In a related report about the Sony hack incident from The Hollywood Reporter, the leaked document also detailed which of the movies in 2013 will end up with a profit.

The list included "This is the End" which reportedly raked $50 million in profits; "Grown Ups 2" ($48 million); "Captain Phillips" ($39 million); "American Hustle" ($27 million); "One Direction: This is Us ($18 million); "Elysium" ($18 million) and "Monuments Men" ($10 million).

Gery Stegmaier, resident cyber-security legal expert at law firm Goodwin Procter, told THR that the Sony hack incident is "a wake-up call for corporate America." "IP and data is the most important asset that these businesses have. It's like the secret recipe for Coca-Cola. Anything that you would have kept in a vault in the past is stored on a server somewhere. Whether that server has a level of security that is appropriate for the sensitivity and economic value of that information is a question that is now being asked in corporate board rooms across the country," he said.

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