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I really have no idea why they keep unreleased feature films not on an airgapped network before the release date.

• TillE 12y ago
  An unreleased film is valuable property, but it's not a matter of life or death. Ease of distribution probably outweighs the small possibility of a hack if you're doing security right. And if you're not, well, you're also not going to consider measures like an air gap.
• pjc50 12y ago
  Properly airgapped systems are really tedious to work with. You can only install software from physical media. In a world of digital distribution that's a huge inconvenience; what do you do when you want an update to Adobe Premiere? And if you don't airgap all the editing systems you might as well not bother.
• mprovost 12y ago
  There are a lot of other companies that need access to those films. For example, the people doing subtitles, or printing the film, or doing digital distribution. I doubt the systems that stored these movies were hacked directly, but once the password files leaked out from the main attack they were simply downloaded from their distribution servers. That's why there haven't been any leaked work in progress films, because they are being worked on from airgapped networks. It's only when a film is close to release that it is put on a system connected to the internet so that it can be distributed to partner companies.
  • waterlesscloud 12y ago
    I wonder. Dailies get passed around to execs, so you'd think those would have been stolen as well. Maybe Sony has a system for that that's airgapped, but I kinda doubt it.