Sony is not the only victim of the attack carried out by the #GOP group, whose members call themselves the “Guardians of Peace“: Thehackers managed to steal confidential information about the employees , part of which was leaked online and contains medical data.
#GOP continues to reveal, gradually, the files stolen from Sony Pictures, as part of a well-planned operation that appears to have lasted for months. In addition to confidential, corporate data, the hackers also leaked digital files containing medical information of employees, their children and/or spouses.
The personal information that was leaked
The document published by the “Guardians of Peace” does not contain the names of the individuals, but it does contain information that could be used to verify their identities based on information from other documents that show names and social security numbers.
The documents now available to the public include information about an employee's child with special needs, such as his medical history and treatment. The sensitive data is part of a document sent to human resources that reveals the employee's insurance claims, worth thousands of dollars, were denied by the company's insurance department.
In a separate file, the health and medical expenses paid by the company for a total of thirty-four of its employees are disclosed.
In conclusion, employees may not have been the target of #GOP, but hackers did not hesitate to leak details of their private lives online, making them "collateral casualties" in the battle they seem to have started with the giant.
