Aftermath of a Hack: Sony

The question “How bad can it get?" after a company has been hacked is not usually at the fore front when a cyber-attack first happens. But, just ask Sony Pictures CEO Amy Pascal how bad it can get. Yesterday (2/5/2015), Sony Pictures announced that Pascal is stepping down to launch a new production venture at Sony.

While neither Pascal nor Sony have suggested her career move is related to the hack of Sony’s emails and other data, the hacking incident cannot be discounted as a factor in the recent turn of events. Insensitive and racially-tinged jokes made by Pascal were leaked and caused serious embarrassment to both Pascal and Sony. The lessons we have learned from the Sony hack are as follows:

1. Do not put into a company email anything that you do not want to see in the media.
2. No matter the size of the company, the risk from hackers is real.
3. When it comes to being hacked, what you say, and what you do, or don’t do, can cost you your job.

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