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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