The Walt Disney Company is reportedly cutting ties with the communication platform Slack. The global entertainment company apparently made the decision after a major hack of Slack earlier this year that exposed over a terabyte of sensitive company information, raising concerns about Disney's stance on cybersecurity.
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In June, the hacktivist group “NullBulge” claimed responsibility for orchestrating the Disney data breach.
According to Status News, which first reported the move, Disney Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Hugh Johnstonconfirmed that most divisions of the entertainment giant will stop using Slack later this year.
The report says Hugh Johnston shared an email with employees on Wednesday, which read: "I would like to share that senior leadership has made the decision to move away from Slack company."
Johnston said that some "more complex use cases" will require additional time to transition from Slack, but that the entire transition from the messaging app should be completed in the second quarter of 2025.
The report also said that many Disney teams have already begun transitioning to other improved enterprise-wide collaboration tools, although the specifics of the new system remain unclear.
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Some of Slack's competitors include Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Webex Suite, Workplace, Mattermost, RingEX, Filestage, and Symphony.
On July 12, 2024, the group “NullBulge” wrote a post on the data leak marketplace Breachforums, claiming to have leaked details of upcoming Disney projects, raw images and code, some login credentials, links to internal APIs and websites, and other data. The data covered more than 44 million messages from Disney’s Slack workplace communication tool.
The leak allegedly contained content from Slack conversations, including various employee files, screenshots, photos of employees' pets, and phone numbers, among other items posted on Slack.
In their blog post, the perpetrators said they had an informant at Disney, an employee who helped them leak malicious data. However, they claimed that this associate refused to provide them with further information.
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Hacking usually refers to the practice of finding and exploiting weaknesses in computer systems or networks. Although it is often associated with malicious actions, the term also has a positive dimension, as there are also so-called “ethical hackers”. These professionals try to identify vulnerabilities in systems in order to strengthen their security and protect sensitive data. The continuous evolution of technology has made hacking crucial in addressing the growing threats in cyberspace.
Source: thecyberexpress
