Sony Got Hacked Hard: What We Know and Don't Know So Far
Many people suggest that startups not over-optimize on issues like security and performance when it's not their core business.The same could be said of Sony: empathize a little with them. Sony Pictures pays a lot of creative people. Maybe they should have seen the hack coming, but like the PSN outage this story will be maybe a paragraph in a Wikipedia article years from now. Even one great film could be watched by people a century from now, and I respect that their priorities are around figuring out economically viable filmmaking, not I.T.The film industry regards Sony Pictures as the major studio that still takes risks on edgy comedies and dramas. They are known to respect directors more than the other majors.Gawker will surface their ridiculous PowerPoints which truthfully exist everywhere. Or journalists will scandalize the executive pay and severances, nevermind that Nick Denton's and Anna Wintour's paychecks and perks are probably far more offensive.But I don't mean to engage in whataboutism. In fact I mean the opposite: Just because some tech companies care a lot about security doesn't mean everyone should.