Disney is investigating a hack of the entertainment company’s internal Slack channels.
A hacker group called Nullbulge claims to have obtained and leaked greater than 1 terabyte of knowledge from Disney’s internal Slack channels.
The “hacktivist” group claims to concentrate on “protecting artists’ rights and ensuring fair compensation for his or her work.” It shared screenshots of documents the group allegedly downloaded, posting to X about traffic and revenue data for Disneyland Paris and what appears to be a brand new streaming feature that may recommend Disney content based on what viewers previously watched, with a promise to dump all the haul online. Within the group’s latest blog post, Nullbulge claims that the complete scope of leaked data includes details about unreleased projects, raw images and computer code.
The Wall Street Journal, which first reported this story, has viewed numerous the files allegedly obtained and leaked by Nullbulge, which included “conversations about maintaining Disney’s corporate website, software development, assessments of candidates for employment, programs for emerging leaders inside ESPN and photos of employees’ dogs, with data stretching back to at the very least 2019.”
“Disney is investigating this matter,” a Disney spokesman said. Variety has reached out to Nullbulge for comment.
You couldn’t blame anyone at Disney — with businesses that span its film and tv studio, like Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, in addition to streaming services Disney+ and Hulu, cable networks like ESPN, theme parks and more — for a vague type of PTSD.
A decade ago, Sony Pictures was the victim of a devastating hack. It remains to be considered to be probably the most significant corporate data breach in U.S. history, and rather more than worker dog photos were on the road. Years’ price of emails, starting from benign to gossipy to incredibly unflattering, were leaked, wreaking havoc on show business. Academy Award winning producer Amy Pascal stepped down as co-CEO of the studio because of this. Names including Angelina Jolie, Rooney Mara and President Barack Obama were discussed in private communications published on Wikileaks. The studio was also delivered to its knees, unable to depend on any form of tech for days (accounting needed to process payroll by hand) following the incident.
Jennifer Maas contributed to this report.
