Disney Allegedly Hacked For Tons Of Future Project Data
With how clever modern fans are, it is already a difficult challenge for big companies to keep their latest news under wraps until they are ready to reveal it. Add in the threat of hackers, and major companies must maintain constant vigilance to ensure the secrecy of their intellectual property. Unfortunately, it sounds like even such measures were not enough recently in the case of Disney, who one group is claiming they have hacked.
Nullbulge And Breach Forums
A hacker group who identifies themselves as Nullbulge has claimed that they have infiltrated Disney’s digital security and hacked their systems to gain access to at least 1.1 terabytes of their data. It sounds like the majority of this includes information shared on Disney’s Slack channels, which companies use to exchange messages. Supposedly, in addition to tons of messages, the hackers also gained access to login credentials, personal details of many individuals, concept art, and information on unreleased projects.
Nullbulge posted the claim on a hacker forum called Breach Forums. They also took to social media to brag about their haul, using X to say, “Disney has had their entire dev Slack dumped. 1.1 TB of files and chat messages. Anything we could get our hands on, we downloaded and packaged up. Want to see what goes on behind the doors? Go grab it.”
If Disney was hacked, there is no word yet on how damaging this information being leaked could be for them.
Nullbulge Allegedly Hacking For Worker’s Rights
As far as a motivation behind Disney being hacked, it does not appear to be for monetary gain as Nullbulge did not even try to blackmail the company for a ransom. However, the Nullbulge site does say that they are a group committed to protecting the rights of artists and ensuring they receive their deserved compensation for their work.
Disney has been at the center of many claims of creators claiming they are not receiving their fair royalty for works that Disney continue to profit off of. So if Nullbulge is genuine in their mission statement, that could be a motive as to why they went after Disney specifically and hacked their systems.
Disney’s Next Moves Still Aren’t Clear
Disney has yet to make any kind of statement on the matter, but they are notoriously protective of their brand. It was within the last year that they would still go after anyone who created anything using the Steamboat Willie version of Mickie Mouse, even as the copyright on that version of the character was coming up on its expiration date. If Disney was hacked, one would have to imagine their legal department will move quickly and aggressively to try and determine the perpetrators and pursue legal action against them.
Disney Isn’t The Only Hacking Victim
Disney would certainly not be the first major company this year to be hacked. Just recently, Ticketmaster was hacked in a data breach, however in that instance the hackers are indeed demanding a ransom, $8 million, or they say they will release free ticket barcodes to some of the concerts of the industry’s top musicians.
Nobody Is Safe
Furthermore, AT&T shared earlier this week that call records and text message logs had been stolen from almost all of their customers recently, impacting more than 110 million of their customers across the country. Given these recent incidents, it lends credence to the possibility that Disney being hacked could very well be legitimate and a source of headaches for the company going forward.
