WikiLeaks publishes Documents from Sony Hack

In 2014, hackers broke into Sony Pictures computer system and stole years of company emails and private files. The hacker group was Guardians of Peace. Now, the non-profit, journalistic organization WikiLeaks made over 30,000 documents from the Sony pictures hack public.

According to reports, the documents have been put online in a searchable database. The reports further stated that the documents include more than 173,132 emails from more than 2,000 Sony Pictures email addresses.

In a statement, WikiLeaks wrote, "However, the Sony Archives show that behind the scenes this is an influential corporation, with ties to the White House, with ability to impact laws and policies, and with connections to the US military-industrial complex".

In the leaked emails, employees of Sony have been discussing ongoing efforts regarding issues of piracy, copyright and international trade. The leaked emails also include lawsuit against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. Some of the leaked emails show people within the company organizing fundraisers for New York governor Andrew Cuomo.

The leaked emails also show exchanges between the company and Rand Corporation, which is a nonprofit global policy think tank. Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, said that the emails have shown the inner workings of the company. According to Assange, it belongs in the public domain and it will stay there.

In response to WikiLeaks, a spokesperson of Sony Pictures released a statement where the spokesperson said that the company strongly condemned the actions of the journalistic organization.

According to the company, the hackers used the dissemination of stolen information to try to harm SPE and its employees. Now, WikiLeaks has been assisting the hackers in their effort, the company stated.

The company further stated that it opposes WikiLeaks' assertion that this material belongs in the public domain.