Disney hacked and over 1 TB of files leaked

A hacker group claims to have obtained nearly 1TB of internal Disney data. The leaked information includes credentials, project code, images, and information on projects that haven’t even been launched yet.

On X (formerly Twitter), The Nullbulge group in Russia claimed responsibility for the attack.Attackers claim to have infiltrated Disney’s Slack conversations on July 12 from a compromised company employee’s computer.

According to the group, the leak contains 1.1 TB of files, which will include information and conversation history from over 10,000 Slack channels used by Disney.

#DisneySlackLeak#Disney all the developer slack has been thrown away. 1.1TiB of files and chat messages. We’ve downloaded and packaged everything we could get our hands on. Want to see what’s behind the scenes? Go get it. https://t.co/saVx4lxgsy pic.twitter.com/FitM8hmOEE

— NullBulge (@NullBulgeGroup) July 12, 2024

“Disney’s entire developer Slack has been leaked. [São] “1.1 TB of files and chat. We’ve downloaded and packaged everything we found. Want to see what’s going on behind the scenes? Go get it,” the group said in a post on X.

Vehicle Wall Street Journal I learned this archive contains internal Disney conversations about software development, hiring professionals, website maintenance and more details going back to 2019. Website Eurogamer There are also talks of collaborations on unannounced games and titles.

HE The Nullbulge group’s goal is to defend artists’ rights and fair paymentsHacktivists attacked Disney for disagreeing with its contracts and approach to artificial intelligence, they said in an email to the press.

To the website WSJ, Disney said it was investigating the incident.

Artificial intelligence debate

The use of generative artificial intelligence and fears that the tools could replace professionals are sensitive topics in the entertainment industry. It was one of the key points of negotiations to end last year’s writers’ strike.

Although scriptwriters, actors and other professionals still have a place in the market, AI is already present in this segment in different ways. Opening of the series Secret Invasion combined with images generated by artificial intelligence, for example.

Additionally, there is a long-standing debate over copyright infringement for AI training, with discussions of how these models have, to this day, appropriated real projects without compensating the original artists.