Sony executives switched to old BlackBerrys after cyberattack

Sony Pictures Entertainment had to go back in time after a massive cyberattack crippled its email system, cutting out modern technology and using old-school tactics to communicate and function.

Employees at Sony Pictures received vague threats from hackers in November that demanded money and included ambiguous instructions to "obey," but it wasn't until Sony's computer system was breached that it became clear that the hackers weren't simply taking the company's data; they were destroying it

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Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Entertainment, detailed how the company responded in the wake of the debilitating attack. He told The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that Sony implemented a "phone tree," or updates relayed from person to person via mobile device, and used employees' personal Gmail accounts, notepads and a cache of old BlackBerry devices. Read more...

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