According to Variety, Sony Pictures has been hacked over the Thanksgiving weekend and movies were obtained which were then leaked onto internet peer-to-peer websites. The two main movies that were leaked include the Brad Pitt led film, "Fury". The movie which is still in theatres puts Pitt into war settings and deals with tank battles. The movie has now been successffully downloaded by over 1.2 million unique IP addresses. Seeing as how this number will only grow the studio should be very upset. This amount of pirating will result in a 14 or so million dollar loss. The second film that was released is the upcoming movie, "Annie". That's right a movie still weeks away from release has found it's way onto the internet. The group that has achieved this leak are calling themselves, "#GOP" or Guardians of Peace. They claim to have inside secrets about Sony and are threatening to release them. To be honest I don't see this as a bluff. The group already showed they mean business. The story is still ongoing so look for updates as they happen. Next we will look forward to other hacking groups that have made it big in the past.
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