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The Sony Hack case study: conduct further research to engage with the nuances of the case and to enforce your reasoning. Address the following points in your analysis:
Identify the threat Sony faced in the 2014 hack and explain their motives. Explain whether or not you think the aspects of Sony's sector made it vulnerable to the threat you have identified.
Offer an explanation of the methods of attack the threat actor employed to breach its cybersecurity and justify your reasoning.
Describe a scenario of what method of attack at least one other type of threat actor could use in the future, and why.
Your answer should be between 400 and 500 words.
This ongoing project submission will be graded according to the following rubric:
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Adherence to brief
Student has detailed:
- why or why not the organization's sector makes it vulnerable.
- the relevant threats to the organization (between two and three for their own organization, and the correct threat and a potential threat for Sony)
- associated methods of cyberattack.