Sony Pictures tries to prevent download of stolen documents: Re/code


  • TECH
  • Friday, 12 Dec 2014

An entrance gate to Sony Pictures Entertainment at the Sony Pictures lot is pictured in Culver City, California April 14, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files

Sony Pictures Entertainment was trying to stop downloads of its documents stolen in a massive hack at the film and television studio late last month, technology news website Re/code reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. 

The company was using a denial-of-service attack through hundreds of computers in Asia to cripple the sites where its documents are available, the report said. 

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