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Cyberwar Season 1 – Episode 2: The Sony Hack

2018-08-01/1 Comment/in Hack, Review/by Kellep Charles

At that time (2014) the Sony Hack was one of the worst attacks against a corporation. Not only were embarrassing emails released, personal health records of employees and their family and social security numbers to name a few were dumped.

Cyberwar Season 1 – Episode 1 Recap: Who is Anonymous?

2018-07-31/0 Comments/in Documentary, Review/by Kellep Charles

The first episode looked into the decentralized group of international activist hackers known as “Anonymous” which has been linked to numerous high-profile incidents over the years, including Internet attacks on governments, major corporations, financial institutions and religious groups.

Cyberwar Season 1 – Episode 2: The Sony Hack

2018-08-01/1 Comment/in Hack, Review/by Kellep Charles

Cyberwar Season 1 – Episode 1 Recap: Who is Anonymous?

2018-07-31/0 Comments/in Documentary, Review/by Kellep Charles

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Cyberwar Season 1 – Episode 2: The Sony Hack

2018-08-01/1 Comment/in Hack, Review/by Kellep Charles

So, I am on my second episode of “Cyberwar” hosted by Ben Makuch (@BMakuch) a national security reporter. Cyberwar is a show where Ben travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.

The first episode looked into the decentralized group of international activist hackers known as “Anonymous” while episode 2 explores The Sony Hack. At that time (2014) the Sony Hack was one of the worst attacks against a corporation. Not only were embarrassing emails released, personal health records of employees and their family and social security numbers to name a few were dumped. North Korea was named the culprit and many people assumed it was due to an upcoming release of a movie titled ‘The Interview” about the assassination of the North Korea leader.

Ben was able to get an interview with a former Sony employee (Celina Chavanette), this was the first time someone from the inside spoke about the matter on camera and it was interesting to hear about the incident from her point of view.

Other compelling interviews were conducted which contradicted the government’s assertion North Korea was behind the hack

Overall, this was another great episode into the back story behind why Sony was a target by many entities and not just North Korea.

You can view the episode here or at the full link provided: https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/the-sony-hack/577177f4db3251f521db358f

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Cyberwar Season 1 – Episode 1 Recap: Who is Anonymous?

2018-07-31/0 Comments/in Documentary, Review/by Kellep Charles

I started watching a very interesting program titled “Cyberwar” hosted by Ben Makuch (@BMakuch) who is a national security reporter. The show is described as:

Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.

I found this episode to be very nostalgic as Ben chronicled the start of Anonymous with its start on 4chan to LulzSec and affiliation with WikiLeaks. Also, being able to see him interview former as well as current Anonymous members brings an authentic piece that is rarely seen when discussing this subject matter.

The segment about Hector Xavier Monsegur aka Sabu as well as other hackers being arrested was especially intriguing since I followed that story closely and covered it on SecurityOrb.com on numerous occasions as listed below:

LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers Arrested – https://securityorb.com/general-security/lulzsec-anonymous-hackers-arrested/

LulzSec Sabu was working for the FBI – https://securityorb.com/general-security/lulzsec-sabu-working-fbi-trace-lulzsec-hackers/

Sabu speaks about his early days of hacking – https://securityorb.com/interview/cnet-news-hector-monsegur-interview-sabu-speaks-early-days-hacking/

Ben was also able to score an interview with legendary hacktivist and former Anonymous member Jeremy Hammand aka sup_g while he is still serving time for the Stratfor Global Intelligence firm hack.

Overall, this was a great episode, especially for those of us that followed these hacking groups. Being able to hear their thoughts and motives is something that is priceless.