The recent hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment revealed more
than 47,000 Social Security numbers, a security firm says, and some of them
could belong to Hollywood celebrities. Those SSNs appeared 1.1 million times in
the 601 files posted by hackers, data security firm Identity Finder said Friday
in a post on its website. A separate analysis by the Wall Street Journal named
actor Sylvester Stallone and director Judd Apatow among the celebrities
exposed. NBC News reached out to Sony Pictures for comment but the company did
not respond.
This news comes after five upcoming Sony Pictures releases,
including "Annie" and "The Interview," were reported to
have been leaked onto the Internet last week by hackers calling themselves the
"Guardians of Peace" (GOP). U.S. officials are investigating a
possible link between GOP and the North Korean government, but no connection
has been confirmed. "The most concerning finding in our analysis is the
sheer number of duplicate copies of Social Security numbers that existed inside
the files," wrote Identity Finder CEO Todd Feinman. The hack also
reportedly revealed information like the salaries, birth dates, email addresses
and more.
Source: NBC NEWS