Cybersecurity
Hackers Are Threatening the Way That Hollywood Does Business
- Recent breaches expose weaknesses at studios’ contractors
- From music to special effects, many have access to material
A scene from HBO's Game of Thrones
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Sony. Netflix. And now, HBO.
While the 2014 hacking at Sony Pictures pushed entertainment giants to take computer security more seriously, recent incidents have exposed weaknesses throughout Hollywood’s food chain. Last week, as HBO investigated a cyberattack on its own systems, an unaired episode of its hit show “Game of Thrones” appeared online following an unrelated breach at a pay-TV partner in India. In April, when 10 episodes of Netflix Inc.’s “Orange Is the New Black” leaked, the incident was traced to a contractor.