WikiLeaks has published a massive archive containing more than 30,000 documents, including 173,000 emails, from Sony Pictures Entertainment, sourced from the recent devastating cyber attack.
- April 17, 2015
AceShowbiz -
WikiLeaks has debuted a portal for a massive archive containing more than 30,000 documents, including 173,000 emails, from Sony Pictures Entertainment, sourced from the devastating cyberattack on the studio back in November 2014. In an email exchange between then-Sony chairwoman Amy Pascal and director Cameron Crowe in March 31, 2014, they discussed Cameron's upcoming movie "Aloha".
Amy and Cameron mentioned the movie stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Bill Murray. "Frankly, we have great options on all the performances except Bill Murray...who pretty much is what you saw," Cameron wrote to Amy at 10:17 P.M. Amy then replied to him at 10:22 P.M., "Exactly the movie belongs to [Bradley] more than I realized in the process."
Cameron later said of Emma, "I have the shot on Emma...It's a movie star intro shot...Maybe time to put it back in...It is very powerful and overshadowed everything around it...But might feel different now." He added in different email, "Big lesson from today...You don't slip Emma in...Let's give her fanfare again...Movie has now earned it."
Amy replied, "She isn't bigger than the movie. Trust that. Now she needs to ignite it to get it to the next level and it's gonna be a cross between an idea she has about herself and an actual self that he makes her pay attention to (much to her shock)."
The exchange was concluded with Cameron's response, "Frankly Bradley is such an odd bird getting him right is tricky but he's fine now so lets just let him cook where he is and take care of our girl... And her nuances ... Little moves on her are huge as u know."
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in a statement on Thursday, April 16, "This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation. It is newsworthy and at the centre of a geo-political conflict. It belongs in the public domain. WikiLeaks will ensure it stays there."
Sony's representative blasted WikiLeaks' massive undertaking, saying, "The cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was a malicious criminal act, and we strongly condemn the indexing of stolen employee and other private and privileged information on WikiLeaks."
"The attackers used the dissemination of stolen information to try to harm SPE and its employees, and now WikiLeaks regrettably is assisting them in that effort. We vehemently disagree with WikiLeaks' assertion that this material belongs in the public domain and will continue to fight for the safety, security, and privacy of our company and its more than 6,000 employees," added the representative.
