At least one Burbank studio has been hacked, experts say, and piracy is rampant in
“a culture of copying.”

6:00 AM PST 3/7/2013 by Tim Appelo – THR

Have Chinese hackers invaded Hollywood’s computers, as they have the systems of
Facebook, Apple, The New York Times and more than 100 other major Western
entities? While some studio sources say no, cybersecurity experts tell THR another
story.

“Yes, absolutely,” says cyber-espionage expert Dmitri Alperovitch, former vp threat
research at McAfee and co-founder of CrowdStrike. “I know of major Hollywood
studios that have worked on distribution rights and other negotiations with Chinese
companies and have been hacked before those negotiations had been completed
because the Chinese wanted their negotiation playbook. The other side knows exactly
what they’re planning to do and will cheat and get their way in the negotiation.” Continue reading Hollywood Targeted by Chinese Hackers →