Sony Pictures Entertainment was trying to stop downloads of its documents stolen in a massive hack at the film and television studio late last month, technology news website Re\/code reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
The company was using a denial-of-service attack through hundreds of computers in Asia to cripple the sites where its documents are available, the report said.<\/p>\n
One of the sources told Re\/Code Sony was using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon.com Inc’s cloud computing services.<\/p>\n
“The activity being reported is not currently happening on AWS,” a spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.<\/p>\n
“AWS employs a number of automated detection and mitigation techniques to prevent the misuse of our services,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“In cases where the misuse is not detected and stopped by the automated measures, we take manual action as soon as we become aware of any misuse.”<\/p>\n
Sony Pictures Entertainment was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n
Hackers released sensitive data over the Internet, including employee salaries, social security numbers and high-quality digital versions of several unreleased films.<\/p>\n
A group calling itself Guardians of Peace claimed responsibility for the cyber attack that shut down most of the studio’s network for more than a week.<\/p>\n
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