Disney’s Internal Data Leaked in Major Hack
By Movieguide® Contributor
Hacking group Nullbulge claims it has hacked Disney’s Slack channels and has released thousands of internal documents about the company’s projects and strategy with information dating back to 2019.
“Disney is investigating this matter,” a spokesperson told Deadline after The Wall Street Journal initially broke news about the hack.
Nullbulge explained they targeted Disney because of the company’s business strategies which it believes are violating to both artists/creatives and consumers.
“[We hacked Disney] due to how it handles artist contracts, its approach to AI, and it’s [sic] pretty blatant disregard for the consumer,” Nullbulge says on its website, per The Wall Street Journal.
“[Here’s access to] almost 10,000 channels, every message and file possible,” the website continues, per Deadline. “Unreleased projects, raw images and code, some logins, links to internal api/web pages, and more! Have fun sifting through it, there is a lot there.”
A representative of the hacking group also explained that Nullbulge released the data rather than going directly to Disney because if it had not gone public, Disney would have worked to take the group down rather than actually change their internal policies. The group has also threatened to release further damaging data that extends beyond the company to the personal level to punish the entertainment industry for allowing Disney to operate as it does.
“Consider[ing] the dropping of literally every bit of personal info you have, from logins to credit cards to SSN, as a warning for people in the future,” Nullbulge’s website says.
The hacking group gained access to the Slack channels after compromising the computer of a Disney manager of software development. While it is unclear how they gained access to the computer, its previous attacks have occurred by hiding malicious software inside free add-ons for popular video games.
The scope of the damage from this hack has yet to be fully realized and will continue to be investigated in the coming weeks and months.
Movieguide® previously reported on other problems Disney is battling:
A gender discrimination lawsuit against Disney, initiated by two frustrated employees, has the potential to become one of the most significant class action suits under California law.
According to Deadline, “Seeking at least $150 million in lost wages, the suit could balloon in damages up to and beyond $300 million. It means the action could prove the biggest ever certified under California law.”
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2019 by LaRonda Rasmussen, a Disney employee, who alleged “that ‘Disney systematically pays women in California less than men’ in various divisions of the company and claimed that the entertainment giant had violated two state labor laws aimed at preventing workplace sex discrimination,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
This legal battle marks another setback for Disney, which has faced a series of challenges in this case. Seven months ago, plaintiffs Rasmussen and Karen Moore succeeded in certifying their case as a class action suit against Disney.
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