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       Sony execs used old BlackBerrys found in a basement after gettin
       g hacked
       By: admin Date: January 1, 2015, 11:53 am
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       With its computer systems crippled worldwide, Sony executives
       did what any of us would do: turn to simpler technologies to get
       them moving again. According to The Wall Street Journal and The
       New York Times, that tech included notepads, a manual paycheck
       machine, and also a stash of BlackBerrys found in Sony's
       basement. The BlackBerrys were handed out to Sony executives,
       who used them to start emailing once again thanks to the fact
       that the BlackBerrys were still set up to use their own server,
       rather than Sony's hacked one. They were also used to send out
       updates to the company's staff over text messages, which made
       their way down through the organization over a phone tree that
       was thrown together.
       Sony executives initially saw the hack as an annoyance that
       would slow down work and communications for a matter of days or
       weeks, according to the Times. It now has a much different
       outlook, expecting it to take an additional five to seven weeks
       before things return to normal — that's on top of the five weeks
       this has already been going on for. Restoring its tech systems
       are only the start of Sony's worries, too. Once it's operational
       again, it'll still have to be concerned about the rest of the
       data that the hackers claim to have stolen from it. The hacking
       group has been quiet since The Interview was released, but it
       likely has more data that it could attempt to threaten Sony with
       in the future. Next time, it'll probably think twice before
       giving in their demands.
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