Wikileaks has published 30,287 documents and 173,132 emails stemming from the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, LA Times reports. The hack was reportedly initiated by North Korea in response to the studio’s decision to release “The Interview,” a comedy movie that centered on an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Click here if you missed it!
The leaks resulted in a series of embarrassing revelations for the company exposing correspondence between top executives and producers that ultimately led to the ouster of studio chief Amy Pascal and her replacement by TriStar chief Tom Rothman.
WikiLeaks, which came to prominence by releasing sensitive government documents, said that it was releasing the archive because reporters were only able to “scratch the surface” before the correspondence was taken down. The founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange is still a fugitive and was last given political asylum by the Russian government.
“This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation,” WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange said in a statement. “It is newsworthy and at the center of a geopolitical conflict. It belongs in the public domain. WikiLeaks will ensure it stays there.”
